Characteristics of Spontaneous Spinal Cord Infarction and Proposed Diagnostic Criteria.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is often disabling, and the diagnosis can be challenging without an inciting event (eg, aortic surgery). Patients with a spontaneous SCI are often misdiagnosed as having transverse myelitis. Diagnostic criteria for SCI are lacking, hindering clinical care and research.

Objective

To describe the characteristics of spontaneous SCI and propose diagnostic criteria.

Design, setting, and participants

An institution-based search tool was used to identify patients evaluated at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, from January 1997 to December 2017 with a spontaneous SCI. Patients provided written consent to use their records for research. Participants were 18 years and older with a diagnosis of spontaneous SCI (n = 133), and controls were

SUBMITTER: Zalewski NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440254 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature