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Spinal Cord Infarction

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The spinal cord is supplied by the radiculomedullary artery (synonyma: nervomedullary arteries or spinal branches) originating in the thoracic region from the posterior intercostal artery, which arises from the aorta. In the cervical section of the spinal cord the feeders originate from the vertebral artery (VA) and also from deep cervical arteries arising from the thyreocervical trunk via ascending cervical artery and the costocervical trunk. In the lumbar region pelvic arteries and the lateral sacral arteries arising from the internal iliac artery also supply the lumbar section with the conus medullaris.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Seckbacher Landstr. 65, D-60389, Frankfurt, Germany

    Stefan Weidauer

  2. Department of Neurology, Hanse Klinikum Wismar, Wellengang 21, D-23968, Wismar, Germany

    Michael Nichtweiß

  3. Institute for Neuroradiology, Goethe-University, Schleusenweg 2-16, D-60528, Frankfurt, Germany

    Joachim Berkefeld

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  1. Institute for Neuroradiology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

    Elke Hattingen

  2. Department of Neurology, Sankt Katharinen Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Stefan Weidauer

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

    Matthias Setzer

  4. Brain Imaging Center (BIC), Department of Neurology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

    Johannes C. Klein

  5. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

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Weidauer, S., Nichtweiß, M., Berkefeld, J. (2015). Spinal Cord Infarction. In: Hattingen, E., Weidauer, S., Setzer, M., Klein, J., Vrionis, F. (eds) Diseases of the Spinal Cord. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54209-1_20

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