Spinal Cord Ischemic Necrosis due to Fibrocartilaginous Embolism in a Horse

Spinal cord ischemic necrosis due to fibrocartilaginous embolism in a horse.

infected with P. testudinis, the difference (8/20 versus 2/23) is significant (P < 0.05 by Fisher's test). Pasteurella testudinis may play a more specific role in abscesses of turtles than in the other conditions in which it was encountered, as suggested by its occurrence in pure culture and appreciable numbers (3+ or 4+) that was limited to 6 such cases, apart from 1 instance of apparent bacte...

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Posterior spinal cord infarction due to fibrocartilaginous embolization in a 16-year-old athlete.

Spinal cord infarction is extremely rare in children, and, similar to cerebrovascular infarcts, the pathogenesis is different from adults. Spinal cord infarcts are most commonly reported in adults in the context of aortic surgery; in children, the etiology is frequently unknown. Fibrocartilaginous embolization is a potential cause of spinal cord infarct in both populations. It is a process that...

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Posterior Spinal Cord Infarction Due to Fibrocartilaginous Embolization in a 16-Year-Old Athlete

Spinal cord infarction is extremely rare in children, and, similar to cerebrovascular infarcts, the pathogenesis is different from adults. Spinal cord infarcts are most commonly reported in adults in the context of aortic surgery; in children, the etiology is frequently unknown. Fibrocartilaginous embolization is a potential cause of spinal cord infarct in both populations. It is a process that...

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Posterior Spinal Cord Infarction Due to Fibrocartilaginous Embolization in a 16-Year-Old Athlete

Spinal cord infarction is extremely rare in children, and, similar to cerebrovascular infarcts, the pathogenesis is different from adults. Spinal cord infarcts are most commonly reported in adults in the context of aortic surgery; in children, the etiology is frequently unknown. Fibrocartilaginous embolization is a potential cause of spinal cord infarct in both populations. It is a process that...

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Fibrocartilaginous embolism of the spinal cord: a clinical and pathogenetic reconsideration.

A 16 year old girl did a handstand for fun, returned to her feet, experienced a sudden pain in her back, and became progressively paraplegic within 30 hours. MRI showed lumbar cord swelling, multiple Schmorl's nodes, a collapsed T11-T12 disc space, and intraspongious disc prolapse into the T12 vertebral body. These findings, related to the initial manoeuvre, suggested that an acute vertical dis...

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Spinal Cord Ischemic Necrosis due to Fibrocartilaginous Embolism in a Horse

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