Population
82-year-old man with an aneurysm of the descending aorta
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May warrant considering cholesterol embolization in acute paraplegia with aortic aneurysm; extends differential for anterior spinal artery occlusion.
This case highlights that cholesterol embolization from a descending aortic aneurysm can cause anterior spinal artery occlusion and subsequent spinal cord infarction.
José Julio Laguna (1973) studied this question.
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