Infarctus médullaire aigu : un diagnostic méconnu au pronostic sévère. À propos d'un cas

Spinal cord infarction is a relatively unknown diagnosis, which involves short-term prognosis. We report the case of an 18-year-old patient, in whom the deficit was installed in a few hours after a minor trauma. The final diagnosis was made carrying out an MRI, which shows a “snake eyes” sign, very specific of an anterior infarction of the spinal cord. We found no etiology to that infarction. We thought about fibrocartilaginous embolism.