Spinal Cord Infarction in a Patient with Hereditary Spherocytosis: A Case Report and Discussion

The etiology of spinal cord infarcts (SCIs), besides being related to aortic perioperative events, in large subset of SCIs, remains cryptogenic. We present a first case of SCI in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis and discuss the potential pathophysiologic considerations for vascular compromise...

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Main Authors: Waheed, Waqar, Varigonda, Anjali L., Holmes, Chris E., Trevino, Christopher, Borden, Neil M., Pendlebury, W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808664/