| Spinal cord infarction with cervical angina. | |
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PMID: 23199591 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Cervical angina is defined as chest pain resembling true cardiac angina but originating from disorders of the cervical spine. Cervical angina is caused by cervical spondylosis in most cases. A 66-year-old man presented with bilateral arm palsy after chest pain resembling angina pectoris. Neurological examination revealed motor and sensory disturbances of the C7 to T1 level, and magnetic resonance imaging showed a hyperintense spinal cord lesion on T2-weighted imaging. Spinal cord infarction was diagnosed. Severe sinus bradycardia was identified on admission, and improved over the course of 5weeks. Sympathetic afferent fibers from the heart and coronary arteries generally have their cell bodies in the dorsal root ganglia of the C8 to T9 spinal segments. Electrical stimulation of cardiopulmonary afferent fibers excites spinothalamic tract cells in the T1 to T6 segments of the spinal cord. Spinal cord injury can result in the loss of supraspinal control of the sympathetic system and can cause bradycardia, as commonly seen in patients with severe lesions of the cervical or high-thoracic (T6 or above) spinal cord. Bradycardia in the present case suggested impairment of the sympathetic system at the cervical and thoracic levels. These findings indicated that cervical angina in this case was mediated through the sympathetic nervous system. This represents only the second report of cervical angina caused by spinal cord infarction. |
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Yoshiharu Nakae; Ken Johkura; Yosuke Kudo; Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-11-28 |
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Title: Journal of the neurological sciences Volume: - ISSN: 1878-5883 ISO Abbreviation: J. Neurol. Sci. Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-12-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0375403 Medline TA: J Neurol Sci Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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Department of Neurology, Hiratsuka Kyosai Hospital, Hiratsuka, Japan. Electronic address: nakae-y@kkr.hiratsuka.kanagawa.jp. |
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