Fibrocartilaginous embolism: a comprehensive review of an under-studied cause of spinal cord infarction and proposed diagnostic criteria

BACKGROUND: Most spinal cord infarctions are due to aortic pathologies and aortic surgeries. Fibrocartilaginous Embolism (FCE) has been reported to represent 5.5% of spinal cord infarctions. Some believe that FCE is more common than presumed and is rather under-diagnosed due to vagueness surrounding...

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Published in:J Spinal Cord Med
Main Authors: AbdelRazek, Mahmoud A., Mowla, Ashkan, Farooq, Salman, Silvestri, Nicholas, Sawyer, Robert, Wolfe, Gil
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Taylor & Francis 2016
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Clinical Standards
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072491/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26833287
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2015.1116726
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