Paraparesis during myelography associated with a ruptured thoracic intervertebral disc

Neurosurgery. 1989 Jun;24(6):912-4. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198906000-00021.

Abstract

Serious or permanent neurological complications following routine lumbar myelography are uncommon in clinical practice. We describe the sudden and dramatic onset of a symmetrical dense paraparesis in a patient after an uneventful lumbar puncture performed during myelography. A herniated thoracic intervertebral disc was subsequently diagnosed and successfully treated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications*
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / diagnostic imaging
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myelography / adverse effects*
  • Paraplegia / etiology*
  • Spinal Cord Compression / etiology
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Spinal Puncture / adverse effects
  • Thoracic Vertebrae* / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Vertebrae* / surgery