Paraplejia por contusión lumbar

  1. Pilar Martínez de Albornoz
  2. I. García Delgado
  3. S. Reche Caballero
  4. J.J. Asenjo Siguero
Revista:
Trauma

ISSN: 1888-6116

Any de publicació: 2010

Volum: 21

Número: 3

Pàgines: 169-173

Tipus: Article

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Resum

Dorsal injury in a spine affected by ankylosing spondylitis (AS) must be treated initially by default as a fracture and the patient will be considered potentially unstable until all supplemental investigations show normal results. We report a case of low back strain in a patient with known history of AS, suffering late neurological impairment and paraplegia of the lower limbs. This article intends to highlight the initial management and complications resulting of the disease that any physician at the emergency room should know

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