Anterior spinal artery syndrome
- Anterior spinal artery syndrome
Infobox_Disease
Name = Anterior spinal artery syndrome
Caption = Arteries of the brain, brain stem and upper spinal cord (anterior spinal artery at bottom)
DiseasesDB = 33437
ICD10 = ICD10|I|65|8|i|60
ICD9 = ICD9|433.8
ICDO =
OMIM =
MedlinePlus =
eMedicineSubj = neuro
eMedicineTopic = 348
MeshID = D020759
Ischemia or infarction of the spinal cord in the distribution of the anterior spinal artery, which supplies the ventral two-thirds of the spinal cord and Medulla.
Causes
This condition is usually associated with Atherosclerosis of the aorta and may result from dissection of an Aortic aneurysm or rarely dissection of the anterior spinal artery.
Presentation
Clinical features include weakness and loss of pain and temperature sensation below the level of injury, with relative sparing of position and vibratory sensation. [Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1249-50]
Eponym
It is also known as "Beck's syndrome". [WhoNamedIt|synd|755] [K. Beck. Das Syndrom des Verschlusses der vorderen Spinalarterie. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde, 1951-1952, 167: 164-186.]
References
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