Palmer A C, Calder I M, Hughes J T
Wellcome Laboratory for Comparative Neurology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Cambridge.
Lancet. 1987 Dec 12;2(8572):1365-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(87)91259-1.
Spinal cords from 8 professional and 3 amateur divers who died accidentally were examined histopathologically. Marchi-positive degeneration was found in the cords of 3 professional divers, variously affecting the posterior, lateral, and to a lesser extent the anterior columns. In 1 there was degeneration of afferent fibres within the posterior columns.