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ArticleCase reports in neurological medicine2020

Cervical Spine Ischemic Stroke Complicated by Spastic Quadriparesis and Ogilvie Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Salman Assad, Justin Nolte, Dharampreet Singh, Samrina Hanif, Paul Ferguson

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Article in Case reports in neurological medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Salman AssadDepartment of Neurology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5830-9997
Justin NolteDepartment of Neurology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA.
Dharampreet SinghDepartment of Neurology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA.
Samrina HanifDepartment of Neurology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA.
Paul FergusonDepartment of Neurology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, WV, USA.
Marshall University · US

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Abstract

Infarction or ischemia of the spinal cord is a rare entity and is often misdiagnosed as inflammatory myelopathy in acute settings. Atherosclerotic disease can affect spinal arteries, leading to cord ischemia with clinical presentation mixed with myelopathy. We present a case of a 66-year-old male who came to the hospital with unsteady gait and numbness of all extremities without associated pain for the past 48 hours. The neurological examination on admission directed the diagnosis towards myelopathy of the cervical spine. However, the initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the cervical spine demonstrated gliosis and restricted diffusion of the cord with multilevel neuroforaminal stenosis but without central canal stenosis or cord compression. The MRI brain, cerebrospinal fluid analysis, and rheumatologic evaluation were unremarkable. Four days into the clinical course, the patient developed weakness and spasticity of all extremities prompting further evaluation. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) scan of the head and neck revealed right vertebral artery occlusion and intracranial atherosclerotic disease. He was started on aspirin and clopidogrel for secondary risk reduction. The hospital course was further complicated by Ogilvie syndrome (OS), and the patient underwent uncomplicated cecostomy.

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