Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Spinal Cord Infarction in Mashhad, Iran

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 14 patients with spinal cord infarction.

Patient number	Age	Gender	Spinal cord syndrome	MRI^†	Etiology
1	68	F	ASAS	$-$	Epidural anesthesia*$\widehat{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
2	26	F	ASAS	$+$	Uncertain
3	7	M	ASAS	$-$	Aortic surgery*$\widehat{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
4	61	F	ASAS	$-$	Cardioembolism
5	60	F	ASAS	$-$	Uncertain
6	35	M	ASAS	$-$	IV drug abuser*
7	56	M	ASAS	$-$	Cardiac surgery*$\widehat{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$
8	55	F	ASAS	$-$	Aortic dissection*
9	18	M	TSCS	$+$	Arteriovenous malformation*
10	30	F	ASAS	$+$	Uncertain
11	28	F	ASAS	$+$	Uncertain
12	20	F	ASAS	$-$	Systemic lupus*
13	22	F	ASAS	$+$	Uncertain
14	58	M	Brown-Sequard	$+$	Atherosclerosis

ASAS: anterior spinal artery syndrome
TSCS: transverse spinal cord syndrome
* Miscellaneous etiologies
$\widehat{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}$ Iatrogenic causes
^† $+$ and $-$ mean the presence or absence of spinal cord infarction visible in MRI.