• Eur. J. Paediatr. Neurol. · Jan 2018

    Case Reports

    A case report: Paediatric surfer's myelopathy.

    • Rebecca Scatchard, Joao Alves Rosa, Philippa Bowen, Alex Mortimer, Peta M Sharples, and Andrew L Lux.
    • Department of Paediatric Neurology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Paul O'Gorman Building, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: r.scatchard@doctors.org.uk.
    • Eur. J. Paediatr. Neurol. 2018 Jan 1; 22 (1): 199-202.

    AbstractSurfer's myelopathy was first described by Thompson et al., in 2004.1 It is a rare cause of sudden spinal cord injury that occurs in the absence of direct trauma to the spinal area in novice healthy surfers. We present the case of the youngest patient we are aware of to be diagnosed with surfer's myelopathy following actual surfing. A clear aetiology for surfer's myelopathy has not previous been described. However, the hypothesis that there is ischaemia to the lower spinal cord is supported by our case, where we present the first clear angiographic evidence of the occlusion of the great anterior radicular artery of Adamkiewicz in a patient diagnosed with surfer's myelopathy.Copyright © 2017 European Paediatric Neurology Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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