Bouardi Nizar El, Chtaou Naïma, Haloua Meriam, Alami Badreddine, Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, Boubbou Meriem, Belahsen Faouzi, Maaroufi Mustapha
Radiology department, Hassan II university hospital, Fez, Morocco.
Faculty of medicine and pharmacy, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah university, Fez, Morocco.
Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Dec 18;17(3):587-591. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.11.053. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Spinal cord infarction is an uncommon but devastating disorder caused by various conditions. It remains however a rare neurological complication in acute aortic injuries. In this context, aortic dissection is the most frequent etiological factor. Acute aortic intra mural hematoma and atheromatous penetrating ulcer remain exceptional. We encountered two cases of spinal cord infarction associated with acute aortic intra mural hematoma in one case and atheromatous penetrating ulcer in the other case that presented without typical severe pain. Thus, acute aortic injuries should be considered a cause of spinal cord infarction even if there is little or no pain.
