Fibrocartilaginous embolism: a rare cause leading to spinal cord infarction?
Elisa Francesca CiceriValentina D OpančinaCarlo PellegrinoAlice ScarabelliAndrea G BotturiAnna BersanoStefano D'arrigoAlessandra ErbettaLuisa ChiappariniPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)
Fibrocartilaginous embolism must be a differential diagnosis in case of otherwise unexplained spinal cord infarction in adult and paediatric low risk population. Neuroradiological findings such as abnormal spinal cord signal intensity and degenerative disc changes can aid in early diagnosis of this rare myelopathy. The prevalent myelopathy location was thoracic. All signal alterations were detected in the anterior region of the spinal cord in the territories of the anterior spinal artery.