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Paraplegia due to Acute Aortic Coarctation and Occlusion

  • Park, Chang-Bum (Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Jo, Dae-Jean (Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Min-Ki (Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Hyun (Department of General Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2013.03.27
  • Accepted : 2014.01.10
  • Published : 2014.03.28
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Abstract

Coarctation and occlusion of the aorta is a rare condition that typically presents with hypertension or cardiac failure. However, neuropathy or myelopathy may be the presenting features of the condition when an intraspinal subarachnoid hemorrhage has compressed the spinal cord causing ischemia. We report two cases of middle-aged males who developed acute non-traumatic paraplegia. Undiagnosed congenital abnormalities, such as aortic coarctation and occlusion, should be considered for patients presenting with nontraumatic paraplegia in the absence of other identifiable causes. Our cases suggest that spinal cord ischemia resulting from acute spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage and can cause paraplegia, and that clinicians must carefully examine patients presenting with nontraumatic paraplegia because misdiagnosis can delay initiation of the appropriate treatment.

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