Paraplegia caused by coarctation of the aorta and hydrocephalus

✍ Scribed by William M. Chadduck; Steven L. Cathey; Anne T. Gearhart; Lillian Cavin; Charles M. Glasier

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 807 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00270849

✦ Synopsis

A patient with untreated coarctation of the aorta, as well as shunt-dependent hydrocephalus, developed paraplegia when shunt malfunction resulted in a cerebrospinal fluid pressure greater than 560 mm water. Improvement followed shunt revision. The unique combination of mechanisms involved in the decreased spinal cord perfusion pressure is discussed.