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High-resolution spinal angiography identified an intersegmental artery dissection as the cause of a spinal cord stroke in a 60-year-old woman, leading to successful medical management with anticoagulation.
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Conventional spinal angiography may be necessary to diagnose intersegmental artery dissection, a rare cause of spinal cord infarction.
Intersegmental artery dissection is a rare but treatable cause of spinal cord infarction. Conventional spinal angiography may be necessary to establish the diagnosis of arterial dissection.
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Gailloud et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Spinal infarction (n=1). Anticoagulation (Apixaban) was evaluated. High-resolution spinal angiography identified an intersegmental artery dissection as the cause of a spinal cord stroke in a 60-year-old woman, leading to successful medical management with anticoagulation.
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