CERVICAL SPINAL-CORD INJURY DURING CEREBRAL-ANGIOGRAPHY WITH MRI CONFIRMATION - CASE-REPORT

Authors
BEJJANI GK RIZKALLAH RG TZORTIDIS F MARK AS
Citation
Gk. Bejjani et al., CERVICAL SPINAL-CORD INJURY DURING CEREBRAL-ANGIOGRAPHY WITH MRI CONFIRMATION - CASE-REPORT, Neuroradiology, 40(1), 1998, pp. 51-53
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging","Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283940
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
51 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3940(1998)40:1<51:CSIDCW>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We report the first case of MRI-documented cervical spinal cord injury during cerebral angiography. A 54-year-old woman underwent an angiogr am for subarachnoid hemorrhage. Her head was secured in a plastic head -holder. At the end of the procedure, she was found to have a left hem iparesis. MRI revealed high signal in the cervical spinal cord. The et iology may have been mechanical due to patient positioning, or toxic, from contrast medium injection in the vessels feeding the spinal cord, or a combination of both.