Fibrocartilaginous embolism: an under-recognised cause of young spinal stroke

Title: Fibrocartilaginous embolism: an under-recognised cause of young spinal stroke
Creator: Nagaratnam, Sai Adithya; Lee, Raymond Lam Kwong; Sturm, Jonathan
Relation: Practical Neurology Vol. 22, Issue 4, p. 324-327
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2021-003322
Publisher: BMJ Group
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2022
Description: Fibrocartilaginous embolism is a rarely reported cause of spinal cord infarction. Seemingly innocuous activities may be associated with nucleus pulposus material embolising to the spinal cord vasculature. We describe a 36-year-old woman presenting with bilateral arm paraesthesia and chest pain that evolved into an acute cord syndrome. Initial MR scan of spine showed central spinal cord T2-weighted hyperintensity over several vertebral levels, suggesting transverse myelitis. Repeat MR scan after her symptoms persisted showed an acute cord infarction from a presumed fibrocartilaginous embolus. Clinicians should consider fibrocartilaginous embolism in patients presenting with an acute cord syndrome with supportive radiological findings.
Subject: cerebrovascular disease; clinical neurology; MRI; fibrocartilaginous embolism; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1485615
Identifier: uon:51650
Identifier: ISSN:1474-7758
Language: eng
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