Infrarenal aortic aneurysm: unusual cause of paraparesis

Aust N Z J Surg. 1989 Sep;59(9):743-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01667.x.

Abstract

A male patient recently presented to our Unit with anterior spinal artery syndrome involving his lower limbs. This neurological condition was an unusual manifestation of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with local dissection occluding the infrarenal lumbar arteries. The incidence, anatomy, aetiology, and management of the condition associated with aortic aneurysms are described.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / etiology
  • Male
  • Paraplegia / etiology*
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Cord / blood supply