Spinal cord herniation after stabbing injury

Br J Neurosurg. 1997 Feb;11(1):84-6. doi: 10.1080/02688699746780.

Abstract

A 19-year-old man presented with delayed paraplegia on the second day after a stab injury of the spine. Magnetic resonance imaging showed herniation of the spinal cord through the dural defect. After emergency surgery, his paraplegia recovered leaving a Brown-Sequard syndrome immediate after injury. Spinal cord herniation should be considered as one of the possible factors in patients developing neurological deterioration after a stab injury of the spine. The possible pathogenesis of symptomatic non-spontaneous spinal cord herniation is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Hernia / etiology
  • Hernia / pathology
  • Herniorrhaphy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Paraplegia / etiology*
  • Paraplegia / pathology
  • Paraplegia / surgery
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / etiology*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery
  • Wounds, Stab / complications*
  • Wounds, Stab / pathology
  • Wounds, Stab / surgery