A deceitful case of spinal cord malperfusion presented as an acute limb ischemia

Igor Banzic; Nikola Ilić; Marko Dragaš; Igor Končar; Milos Sladojevic; Ivan Tomic; Lazar Davidovic

doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2013.11.010

A deceitful case of spinal cord malperfusion presented as an acute limb ischemia

Ann Vasc Surg. 2014 Jul;28(5):1318.e11-2. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.11.010. Epub 2014 Jan 16.

Authors

Igor Banzic¹, Nikola Ilić², Marko Dragaš³, Igor Končar³, Milos Sladojevic¹, Ivan Tomic¹, Lazar Davidovic³

Affiliations

¹ Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia.
² Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Electronic address: fosafosa75@yahoo.com.
³ Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.

PMID: 24440190
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2013.11.010

Abstract

We present an interesting case of a patient with spinal cord ischemia presented with physical and angiographic findings of acute right leg ischemia 6 days after abdominal aortic aneurysm open repair. After unsuccessful transpopliteal thrombectomy, patient was treated with spinal cord drainage. Cause of this complication might be ischemic lumbal plexopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Angiography
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
Ischemia / etiology*
Ischemia / surgery
Leg / blood supply*
Male
Spinal Cord Ischemia / complications*
Spinal Cord Ischemia / diagnosis
Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*