Anterior spinal artery syndrome
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| Anterior spinal artery syndrome Classification and external resources |
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| Arteries of the brain, brain stem and upper spinal cord (anterior spinal artery at bottom) | |
| ICD-10 | I65.8 |
| ICD-9 | 433.8 |
| DiseasesDB | 33437 |
| eMedicine | neuro/348 |
| MeSH | D020759 |
Ischemia or infarction of the spinal cord in the distribution of the anterior spinal artery, which supplies the ventral two-thirds of the spinal cord and Medulla.
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[edit] Causes
This condition is usually associated with Atherosclerosis of the aorta and may result from dissection of an Aortic aneurysm or rarely dissection of the anterior spinal artery.
[edit] Presentation
Clinical features include weakness and loss of pain and temperature sensation below the level of injury, with relative sparing of position and vibratory sensation.[1]
[edit] Eponym
It is also known as "Beck's syndrome".[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1249-50
- ^ synd/755 at Who Named It
- ^ K. Beck. Das Syndrom des Verschlusses der vorderen Spinalarterie. Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde, 1951-1952, 167: 164-186.
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