Uppal, Shweta, Dash, Subasini, Sharer, Leroy, Lambert, William Clark, Heller, Debra S., Pullicino, Patrick (2004) Spinal cord infarction secondary to nucleus pulposus embolization in pregnancy. Modern Pathology, 17 (1). pp. 121-124. ISSN 0893-3952. (doi:10.1038/modpathol.3800037) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:12295)
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Abstract
Nucleus pulposus (NP) embolism is an extremely rare cause of spinal cord infarction. To our knowledge, it has not been reported in pregnancy in the English literature. A 41-year-old pregnant woman presented with clinical symptoms initially attributed to a transverse myelitis. After a complicated clinical course, she expired, and was found at autopsy to have NP embolism to the spinal cord. In conclusion NP embolism is a rare cause of spinal cord infarction, and should be considered in the differential of a patient presenting with symptoms compatible with spinal cord infarction in the pregnant as well as nonpregnant state.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1038/modpathol.3800037 |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
| Depositing User: | M.P. Stone |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2008 16:40 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 09:50 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/12295 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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