SPINAL-CORD VENOUS INFARCTION FOLLOWING ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL-VARICES

Authors
HELLER SL MEYER JR RUSSELL EJ
Citation
Sl. Heller et al., SPINAL-CORD VENOUS INFARCTION FOLLOWING ENDOSCOPIC SCLEROTHERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL-VARICES, Neurology, 47(4), 1996, pp. 1081-1085
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
47
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1081 - 1085
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1996)47:4<1081:SVIFES>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The authors report an unusual case of venous infarction of the spinal cord associated with endoscopic sclerotherapy for esophageal varices. MR imaging findings included signal abnormalities and abnormal enhance ment of the affected spinal cord and T-8 vertebral body. A review of t he hemodynamic changes associated with portal hypertension and the nor mal venous drainage of the spinal cord is presented.