Anterior spinal artery syndrome

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Anterior spinal artery syndrome (also known as "anterior spinal cord syndrome") is syndrome caused by

motor function, loss of pain and temperature sensation, and hypotension
.

Anterior spinal artery syndrome is the most common form of spinal cord infarction.

posterior spinal arteries
.

Signs and symptoms

Symptoms usually occur very quickly and are often experienced within one hour of the initial damage.

Clinical features include

dorsal side of the spinal cord.[citation needed
]

Causes

Due to the branches of the aorta that supply the anterior spinal artery, the most common causes are insufficiencies within the aorta. These include

collagen and elastin disorders.[1] A thrombus in the artery of Adamkiewicz can lead to an anterior spinal syndrome. This is the most feared, though rare complication of bronchial artery embolization done in massive hemoptysis.[6]

Anatomy

The anterior portion of the spinal cord is supplied by the

vertebral arteries exit, merge, and descend along the anterior spinal cord. As the anterior spinal artery proceeds inferiorly, it receives branches originating mostly from the aorta.[1] The largest aortic branch is the artery of Adamkiewicz which supplies the anterior spinal cord from the level of T8 vertebrae all the way to conus medullaris[7]

Diagnosis

An MRI is used in the process of making a diagnosis for this condition[citation needed]

Treatment

Treatment is determined based on the primary cause of anterior spinal cord syndrome. When the diagnosis of anterior spinal cord syndrome is determined, the prognosis is unfortunate. The mortality rate is approximately 20%, with 50% of individuals living with anterior spinal cord syndrome having very little or no changes in symptoms.[1]

Eponym

It is also known as "Beck's syndrome".[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^
    PMID 18597977
    .
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ Wheele's Orthopedics
  4. S2CID 46234444
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  7. ^ Greenberg's Handbook Of Neurosurgery, 10th edition
  8. Who Named It?
  9. S2CID 19273958
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