Must appendicitis be still considered as a rare complication in paraplegia?

Dollfus, P; Holderbach, G L; Husser, J M; Jacob-Chia, D

doi:10.1038/sc.1973.44

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“…The classical signs of autonomic dysreflexia associated with cervical or high thoracic lesions are described by several authors (Charney et at., 1975;Juler, 1979;Miller et at., 1975;Wanebo et at., 1965;Greenfield, 1949;Dollfus et at., 1974). Increasing abdominal pain associated with increasing spasticity are the most reliable signs of visceral disease (Miller et at., 1975;Wanebo et at., 1965).…”

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“…Other early signs of autonomic dysreflexia in SCI patients with 'high' level lesions are early elevations of pulse and blood pressure which are often associated with headache (Charney et at., 1975;Juler, 1979;Miller et at., 1975;Wanebo et at., 1965;Dollfus et at., 1974). This hyperreflexia is caused by either peritoneal inflammation, bowel distention or both.…”

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The acute abdomen in spinal cord injury patients

Juler

Eltorai

1985

Spinal Cord

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After return of the reflex arc below the level of anaesthesia, the spinal cord injury (SCI) patient will manifest an intra-abdominal emergency by the clinical signs of dysreflexia depending upon the level and completeness of the cord lesion. Thirty-six SCI patients are presented to correlate the autonomic response to visceral disease with the level of their cord lesion demonstrating that early recognition and diagnosis is possible in these patients.

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confidence: 99%