ANTERIOR SPINAL ARTERY SYNDROME MIMICKING INFANTILE SPINAL MUSCULAR-ATROPHY

Authors
ROUSSEAU S METRAL S LACROIX C CAHUSAC C NOCTON F LANDRIEU P
Citation
S. Rousseau et al., ANTERIOR SPINAL ARTERY SYNDROME MIMICKING INFANTILE SPINAL MUSCULAR-ATROPHY, American journal of perinatology, 10(4), 1993, pp. 316-318
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
American journal of perinatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07351631
Volume
10
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
316 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0735-1631(1993)10:4<316:ASASMI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A baby with acute fetal distress and severe heart malformation present ed with persisting hypotonia and muscle weakness. Clinical, electromyo graphy, and muscle biopsy findings were compatible with anterior horn cell disease. Postmortem study showed widespread ischemic necrosis in the anterior gray matter of the spinal cord. This is the first report of anterior spinal artery syndrome in a neonate.