Paraplegia as an Unusual Manifestation of Aortic Coarctation

In this report, we present an unusual case of a 20-year-old man whose first symptom of aortic coarctation was sudden paraplegia due to spinal epidural hemorrhage caused by rupture of an aneurysmal collateral vessel. Now, one year after surgical correction of coarctation, the patient has had no cardiac or neurological problems. To our knowledge, this is the only clearly documented case of such an aortic coarctation complication.

Key words:

Aortic coarctation - Spinal epidural hemorrhage - Paraplegia

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Received for Publication: July 9, 2000