Angiography of Cervical Cord Injuries

Wener, L; Chiro, Giovanni Di; Gargour, Guy W.

doi:10.1148/112.3.597

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“…Symptoms are acute or slowly progressive unconsciousness, brainstem and cranial nerves findings, aphasia, dysphasia, facial paralysis, extraocular muscles paralysis, nausea, vomiting and dizziness 14). Angiography should be absolutely performed in di-agnosis of artery injuries to locate lesion, to define its type, to show existence of a vasospasm, obstruction, dissection, aneurysm and fistula; and also to observe vertebral artery of the opposite side 1620). Müller et al13) have reported that vertebral artery damage was observed in 20% of the patients having transvers foramen fracture and in 31% of the patients having cervical subluxation/dislocation.…”

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Incomplete Isolated C7 Root Injury Caused by Gunshot Wound: A Case Report

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Korean J Neurotrauma

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Gunshot wounds to the spine cause severe neurological and/or internal organs damages. Although most of publications in the literature are realized on military injuries, increased civilian arming which raises civilian gunshot injuries is a new social danger causing serious health problems. In gunshot injuries to the spine; vertebral column, spinal cord and nerve roots are damaged with direct, indirect and transient cavitation related mechanisms. In this case report, we present 24 years old male patient who had severe pain and monoparesis in left upper extremity followed by gunshot injury to the spine with clinical, radiological and postoperative follow-up findings.

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