White cord syndrome in a pediatric patient: A case report and review

White cord syndrome is a rare condition involving sudden neurological deterioration following a decompressive cervical spinal surgery and characterized by the appearance of hyperintensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. We present a report of a pediatric male patient who presented with th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sepulveda, Francisco, Carballo, Leandro, Carnevale, Martin, Yañez, Paulina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7501484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32994838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.08.047
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Sumario:White cord syndrome is a rare condition involving sudden neurological deterioration following a decompressive cervical spinal surgery and characterized by the appearance of hyperintensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. We present a report of a pediatric male patient who presented with the condition. This case shows that white cord syndrome can also be present in pediatric patients. We provide a brief review of the literature highlighting the main radiologic findings.

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