In the case[2] reported by Aoun et al ., a
spinal artery aneurysm at the C7 level of spine as well as extensive network of collateral vessels was discovered.
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Hematomyelia due to anterior
spinal artery aneurysm in a patient with coarctation of aorta.
(10) Originating from the vertebral arteries, (10) the single anterior
spinal artery supplies the anterior third of the spinal cord, including the central grey matter and anterolateral white matter, while the paired posterior spinal arteries supply the posterior third, including the posterior columns (Figure 5).
Since then his career has soared, despite the fact that in 1988, at the age of 48, he was struck down by a
spinal artery occlusion that left him confined to a wheel chair, a partial quadriplegic.
Fourteen were chronic, post-traumatic SCI and one classified as sensory and motor incomplete as a result of
spinal artery thrombosis (Table 1).
Brownlee concluded that there had been an injury to the victim's anterior
spinal artery.
A 19-year-old man presented with an acute quadriplegia secondary to anterior
spinal artery thrombosis He required admission to the intensive care unit for ventilatory support and developed autonomic dysreflexia within 72 hours of his first symptoms, due to paralytic ileus with distension of the bowel.
Intimal musculature of the lower anterior
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have infused bone-marrow-derived stem cells into the
spinal artery closest to the injury site in 32 subjects with clinically complete injuries (2-12 years postinjury).