Delayed presentation of spinal foreign body – Case report and review of literature

BACKGROUND: Although spinal cord injuries are frequent causes of myelopathy in young patients, stab wounds of the spinal cord rarely occur and are typically maximal symptomatic immediately after the trauma. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 31-year-old male developed delayed onset of symptoms 4 years after a stab...

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Autores principales: Onishi, Franz J., Prandini, Mirto N., Cavalheiro, Sergio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Spine: Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781920
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_74_17
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description BACKGROUND: Although spinal cord injuries are frequent causes of myelopathy in young patients, stab wounds of the spinal cord rarely occur and are typically maximal symptomatic immediately after the trauma. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 31-year-old male developed delayed onset of symptoms 4 years after a stab wound to the cervical spinal cord attributed to a plant needle (plant called Mandacaru). Following removal of the foreign body and decompression/excision of scarring at the C34 level, the patient's symptoms resolved. CONCLUSION: Surgical excision should be encouraged to remove chronic penetrating foreign bodies to both decompress and untether the spinal cord.
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spelling pubmed-55234752017-08-04 Delayed presentation of spinal foreign body – Case report and review of literature Onishi, Franz J. Prandini, Mirto N. Cavalheiro, Sergio Surg Neurol Int Spine: Case Report BACKGROUND: Although spinal cord injuries are frequent causes of myelopathy in young patients, stab wounds of the spinal cord rarely occur and are typically maximal symptomatic immediately after the trauma. CASE DESCRIPTION: A 31-year-old male developed delayed onset of symptoms 4 years after a stab wound to the cervical spinal cord attributed to a plant needle (plant called Mandacaru). Following removal of the foreign body and decompression/excision of scarring at the C34 level, the patient's symptoms resolved. CONCLUSION: Surgical excision should be encouraged to remove chronic penetrating foreign bodies to both decompress and untether the spinal cord. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5523475/ /pubmed/28781920 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_74_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Delayed presentation of spinal foreign body – Case report and review of literature
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topic Spine: Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5523475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28781920
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_74_17
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