Acute Central Cervical Spinal Cord Syndrome Caused by Missile Injury
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 6 (2) , 176-180
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198002000-00010
Abstract
The authors present the second reported case of acute central cervical spinal cord syndrome caused by a missile injury. A low caliber, low velocity bullet penetrated the spinal cord posteroanteriorly at C-2, C-3 in the midline, producing quadriplegia and respiratory failure. Within 3 months the patient was ambulatory. Because such a good outcome is possible, patients with similar injuries should be supported vigorously. Injury to the central cervical spinal cord seems to produce a constant syndrome irrespective of the specific nature of the primary injury. The literature on this syndrome is briefly reviewed.Keywords
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