Neurological deficit following spinal anaesthesia: MRI and CT evidence of spinal cord gas embolism(506 views) Tedeschi E, Marano I, Savarese F, Olibet G, Di Salvo E, Brunetti A, Sodano A
Affiliations: Dept. Biomorphological Funct. Sci., CNR Center for Nuclear Medicine, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Parco Comola-Ricci, I-80122 Naples, Italy
Intensive Care Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
Dept. of Gen. and Transplant Surgery, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Neurological deficit following spinal anaesthesia: MRI and CT evidence of spinal cord gas embolism
A 62-year-old diabetic woman developed permanent neurological deficits in the legs following spinal anaesthesia. MRI showed oedema in the spinal cord and a small intramedullary focus of signal void at the T10 level, with negative density at CT. Intramedullary gas bubbles have not been reported previously among the possible neurological complications of spinal anaesthesia; a combined ischaemic/embolic mechanism is hypothesised.
Neurological deficit following spinal anaesthesia: MRI and CT evidence of spinal cord gas embolism
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Neurological deficit following spinal anaesthesia: MRI and CT evidence of spinal cord gas embolism