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Acute paraplegia as a presentation of acute aortic occlusion
Acute aortic occlusion is a rare life-threatening event. We present a case of a heavy smoking, 54-year-old man who was admitted in the emergency room with sudden paraplegia, associated to severe lower back and lower limbs pain. A neurologic examination showed paralysis of the lower limbs and cold lo...
Autores principales: | Costa, Ana F., Almeida, Fábio, Faria, Sara, Pastor, Ana, Costa, Teresa, Alfaiate, Teresa, Pereira, Amélia |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7770448/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33384750 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.036 |
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