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Hyperalimentation catheter passing into the spinal canal causing temporary paraplegia

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A patient with a hyperalimentation catheter in the spinal canal is presented. This resulted in an extradural fluid mass and partial paraplegia that eventually cleared.

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  1. The Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, 63110, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    W. H. McAlister & G. D. Shackelford

  2. The Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    J. P. Keating

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  1. W. H. McAlister
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McAlister, W.H., Keating, J.P. & Shackelford, G.D. Hyperalimentation catheter passing into the spinal canal causing temporary paraplegia. Pediatr Radiol 7, 119–120 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00975683

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