Spinal cord infarction secondary to nucleus pulposus embolization in pregnancy

Shweta Uppal; Subasini Dash; Leroy Sharer; William Clark Lambert; Debra S. Heller; Patrick Pullicino

doi:10.1038/modpathol.3800037

Spinal cord infarction secondary to nucleus pulposus embolization in pregnancy

Shweta Uppal, Subasini Dash, Leroy Sharer, William Clark Lambert, Debra S. Heller, Patrick Pullicino

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Abstract

Nucleus pulposus (NP) embolism is an extremely rare cause of spinal cord Infarction. To our knowledge, It has not been reported in pregnancy in the English literature. A 41-year-old pregnant woman presented with clinical symptoms initially attributed to a transverse myelitis. After a complicated clinical course, she expired, and was found at autopsy to have NP embolism to the spinal cord. In conclusion NP embolism is a rare cause of spinal cord infarction, and should be considered in the differential of a patient presenting with symptoms compatible with spinal cord infarction in the pregnant as well as nonpregnant state.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	121-124
Number of pages	4
Journal	Modern Pathology
Volume	17
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/modpathol.3800037
State	Published - Jan 2004
Externally published	Yes

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Infarction
Intervertebral disk
Spinal cord

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