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Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 2014; 11(02): 143-145
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnt.2014.05.007
Case Report
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Penetrating intradural foreign body without neurological loss: A case report

Jitendra Kumar
a   Resident, Department of Neurosurgery, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Kaushik Roy
b   Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Subhasis Ghosh
c   Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, I.P.G.M.E. & R., Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Parimal Tripathy
d   Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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26 September 2013

27 May 2014

Publication Date:
06 April 2017 (online)

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Abstract

The annual incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury worldwide is 35 patients per million populations, with young males inflicted with penetrating spinal injuries representing the more common group. About 76% of the patients with penetrating spinal trauma are found to have neurologic deficit. Non-missile penetrating injuries involving the paraspinal cord region present with no neurologic deficit. Intradural penetrating spinal injury without any neurologic deficit is thus rare, especially in the thoracic or cervical region. To the best of our knowledge, after the case reported by Li Xinning et al, it is the second case report where there is intradural penetrating injury in the dorsal cord region with no neurologic deficit.

Keywords

Thoracic - Penetrating intradural - Intradural foreign body
 

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