Segmental Arterial Dissection with Spinal Cord Ischemia in Surfer’s Myelopathy
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Sep 30, 2023
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Abstract
Background— The etiology of surfers’ myelopathy is not well understood. We report upon two patients who
underwent acute spinal vascular angiographic imaging.
Case Description— A 20-year-old man and 32-year-old man presented with paraplegia or paraparesis after
surfboard maneuvers. Segmental artery occlusion with pencil-shaped termination, suggestive of arterial dissection,
was identified in both patients on spinal angiograms performed within 96 hours of symptom onset.
Conclusions— Our report identifies segmental arterial dissection with spinal cord ischemia as the underlying
process for surfer’s myelopathy.
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Alejandro M. Brunser, Sofia González, Felipe Vial, Florencia Alamos, Marcela Valenzuela, Paulo Zúñiga, & Pablo Lavados. (2023). Segmental Arterial Dissection with Spinal Cord Ischemia in Surfer’s Myelopathy. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, 12(2). Retrieved from https://ojs.jvin.org/index.php/jvin/article/view/111
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