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What is spinal cord infarction? Spinal cord infarction is a stroke within the spinal cord or the arteries that supply it. It is caused by arteriosclerosis or a thickening or closing of the major arteries to the spinal cord.
Outline the epidemiology and characteristics of spinal cord infarction patients, including the age of onset, and common anatomical locations of infarction. Describe commonly encountered clinical features during the physical evaluation of spinal cord infarction.
Acute spinal cord ischemia syndrome, also known as acute spinal cord infarction, is uncommon, but usually presents with profound neurological signs and symptoms, and the prognosis is poor.
Spinal cord infarction is a rare but often devastating vascular disorder that may be caused by one of several etiologies. Patients typically present with acute paraparesis or quadriparesis, depending on the level of the spinal cord involved.
Spinal cord infarction usually results from ischemia originating in an extravertebral artery. Symptoms include sudden and severe back pain, followed immediately by rapidly progressive bilateral flaccid limb weakness and loss of sensation, particularly for pain and temperature.
Spinal cord strokes, or infarctions, occur due to disruptions in blood supply to the spinal cord. They are often the result of artery blockages or the thickening of artery walls.
Spinal cord infarction is a rare but often devastating vascular disorder caused by one of several etiologies. Patients typically present with acute paraparesis or quadriparesis, depending on the level of the spinal cord involved.
A spinal cord stroke happens when the blood supply to a part of the spinal cord is cut off or if a blood vessel impacting a part of the spinal cord has burst.
Spinal cord ischemia and infarction occur less frequently than cerebral infarction but result in significant mortality, disability, and reduced quality of life in survivors. Modern imaging techniques and refined diagnostic criteria have increased awareness of spinal cord ischemia and enhanced the current knowledge of its pathophysiology.
This topic discusses the prognosis and acute treatment of spinal cord infarction. The causes, clinical symptoms, and diagnosis of spinal cord infarction are discussed separately. The management of chronic complications of spinal cord infarction is also discussed separately.