Painless aortic dissection presenting as a progressive myelopathy
Holloway S, Fayad P, Kalb R, Guarnaccia J, Waxman S. Painless aortic dissection presenting as a progressive myelopathy. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 1993, 120: 141-144. PMID: 8138802, DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(93)90265-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPainless aortic dissectionAortic dissectionProgressive myelopathyCentral nervous system ischemiaSpinal cord syndromeThoracic aortic dissectionAbsence of painThoracic vertebral bodyMagnetic resonance imagingTransverse myelopathyCord syndromeNeurologic deficitsNeurologic symptomsIschemic changesEarly recognitionSpinal cordDifferential diagnosisNew therapiesVertebral bodyResonance imagingMyelopathyThoracic vertebraeDissectionPainIschemia