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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Autores principales: Sepulveda, Francisco, Carballo, Leandro, Carnevale, Martin, Yañez, Paulina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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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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author Sepulveda, Francisco
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description 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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spelling pubmed-75014842020-09-28 White cord syndrome in a pediatric patient: A case report and review Sepulveda, Francisco Carballo, Leandro Carnevale, Martin Yañez, Paulina Radiol Case Rep Case Report 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. Elsevier 2020-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7501484/ /pubmed/32994838 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.08.047 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url 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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