Unusual Sensory Disturbances Revealing Posterior Spinal Artery Infarct

Abstract

Spinal cord infarctions are rare, especially at the cervical level and in the posterior spinal artery territory. Moreover, this diagnosis is difficult to establish as the clinical picture varies. Even if sensory patterns appear as cardinal signs, their distribution can be very variable. We report a rare case of posterior cervical cord infarction revealed by an unusual pure sensory clinical picture.

Keywords

• Spinal cord infarct
• Posterior spinal artery
• Sensory stroke
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Clinical correlations