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Abstract
Spinal cord infarction (SCI) occurs rarely and is characterized by abrupt onset of neck or back pain and neurologic deterioration. Fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE) of the spinal cord is a rare but possible cause of acutely progressive spinal cord symptoms. Here, we report the case of an older woman who developed acute paraplegia with SCI on the 10th day after thoracic spine surgery. Although definitive FCE diagnosis can be confirmed only histologically, the characteristic clinical and radiological features were highly suggestive of FCE. Furthermore, 40 clinically suspected cases of FCE are reviewed.
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Funding
This work was funded by National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFB1105700); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2019kfyXMBZ063); the Graduates’ Innovation Fund of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2019ygscxcy066); the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81803917); and the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei province (2018CFB117).