Brain & development
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Brain & development · Nov 2017
Review Case ReportsChildhood idiopathic spinal cord infarction: Description of 7 cases and review of the literature.
To describe the clinical course, neuroimaging findings and functional outcome of idiopathic spinal cord infarction (SCI) in adolescents. ⋯ Idiopathic SCI typically occurs in adolescence with a rapid onset and painful acute myelopathy. The MRI shows a T2-hyperintense signal within the spinal cord and provides evidence for an ischemic mechanism. Etiology remains unclear in most cases even though some specific risk factors for this age must play an important role in the pathogenesis, such as mechanical constraints on the immature spine.