Acute Aortic Occlusion Presenting as Flaccid Paraplegia by Ayman Kilany, Jasem Y. Al-Hashel, Azza Rady

“…A 67-year-old male known to be hypertensive and diabetic had a sudden onset of severe low back pain and flaccid paraplegia with no sensory level or bladder affection and the distal pulsations were felt. …”
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Paraplegia due to Thoracic Mobile Schwannoma after Myelography by Akira Honda, Yoichi Iizuka, Tokue Mieda, Hiroyuki Sonoda, Sho Ishiwata, Yohei Kakuta, Daisuke Tsunoda, Eiji Takasawa, Tsuyoshi Tajika, Hiromi Koshi, Hirotaka Chikuda

“…We herein report a case of paraplegia caused by migration and incarceration of thoracic mobile schwannoma after myelography. …”
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Hemorrhagic Spinal Schwannoma in Thoracolumbar Area with Total Paraplegia by Ahmad Jabir Rahyussalim, Rizky Priambodo Wisnubaroto, Tri Kurniawati, Alfariq Senja Belantara Latsarizul, Nuryati Chairani

“…The bleeding within the mass may have caused the acute paraplegia that is rarely reported. The patient had a fair improvement on her lower motor extremity function from 1‐2 to 3‐4 out of 5 at six‐month follow-up.…”
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Coexistence of Factor VII Deficiency and Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia in Two Siblings by Hortensia De la Corte-Rodriguez, E. Carlos Rodriguez-Merchan, M. Teresa Alvarez-Roman, Ana L. Hernandez-Moreno

“…Given that the symptoms were not justified by the deficiency of coagulation factor VII and on suspicion of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), tests were carried out. Findings from the tests confirmed the diagnosis of HSP (axonal degeneration of the central motor pathway and pyramidal tracts), further complicated by mixed neuropathy. …”
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Cognitive Impairment Involving Social Cognition in SPG4 Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia by Ludivine Chamard, Sabrina Ferreira, Alexa Pijoff, Manon Silvestre, Eric Berger, Eloi Magnin

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Postoperative paraplegia due to spinal cord infarction after tricuspid valve replacement by Christina-Chrysanthi Theocharidou, Fotini Ampatzidou, Anastasia Theocharidou, George Drossos

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The Effect of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Motor Symptoms in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia by J. Antczak, J. Pera, M. Dąbroś, W. Koźmiński, M. Czyżycki, K. Wężyk, M. Dwojak, M. Banach, A. Slowik

“…Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders affecting predominantly the motor cortex and pyramidal tract, which results in slowly progressing gait disorders, as well as spasticity and weakness of lower extremities. …”
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Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome: Reversible Paraplegia after Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery by J. Bredow, J. Oppermann, K. Keller, F. Beyer, C. K. Boese, K. Zarghooni, R. Sobottke, P. Eysel, J. Siewe

“…To describe the heparin anticoagulation treatment of paraplegia following balloon kyphoplasty. Study Design. …”
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Spontaneous Recovery of Paraplegia Caused by Spinal Epidural Hematoma after Removal of Epidural Catheter by Kouhei Iwashita, Kenji Shigematsu, Kazuo Higa, Keiichi Nitahara

“…We report a patient who developed paraplegia caused by a spinal epidural hematoma after removal of an epidural catheter, which resolved spontaneously. …”
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Physical Therapy in the Management of Pelvic Floor Muscles Hypertonia in a Woman with Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia by Aline Moreira Ribeiro, Cristine Homsi Jorge Ferreira, Elaine Cristine Lemes Mateus-Vasconcelos, Rafael Mendes Moroni, Luciane Maria Oliveira Brito, Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito

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Subarachnoid Fluid Lactate and Paraplegia after Descending Aorta Aneurysmectomy: Two Compared Case Reports by Enrico Giustiniano, Silvia Eleonora Malossini, Francesco Pellegrino, Franco Cancellieri

“…One patient experienced postoperative paraplegia and his cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration was much higher than that in the other case, whose postoperative outcome was uneventful. …”
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Identification of Novel Mutations in Spatacsin and Apolipoprotein B Genes in a Patient with Spastic Paraplegia and Hypobetalipoproteinemia by Leema Reddy Peddareddygari, Raji P. Grewal

“…Complicated hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) presents with complex neurological and nonneurological manifestations. …”
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Paraplegia after Gastrectomy in a Patient with Cervical Disc Herniation: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Qingfu Zhang, Wei Jiang, Quanhong Zhou, Guangyan Wang, Linlin Zhao

“…Paraplegia is a rare postoperative complication. We present a case of acute paraplegia after elective gastrectomy surgery because of cervical disc herniation. …”
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Bluish Discolouration of Urine Drainage Tube and Bag in a Female Patient with Spina Bifida, Paraplegia, and Suprapubic Cystostomy by Subramanian Vaidyanathan, Bakul M. Soni

“…We present a female patient with spina bifida, paraplegia, suprapubic cystostomy, and chronic constipation, who became anxious when she noticed a bluish discolouration of her urine drainage system. …”
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Exome Sequencing: Mutilating Sensory Neuropathy with Spastic Paraplegia due to a Mutation in FAM134B Gene by Salma M. Wakil, Dorota Monies, Samya Hagos, Fahad Al-Ajlan, Josef Finsterer, Aisha Al Qahtani, Khushnooda Ramzan, Rawan Al Humaidy, Mohamed A. Al-Muhaizea, Brian Meyer, Saeed A. Bohlega

“…In this case study, we present the clinical features and genetic characteristics of two affected individuals from two unrelated Saudi families presenting mutilating sensory loss and spastic paraplegia. We employed homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing which is an efficient strategy to characterize the recessive genes, thus obtaining a rapid molecular diagnosis for genetically heterogeneous disorders like HSAN. …”
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Balance rehabilitation with a virtual reality protocol for patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia: Protocol for a clinical trial. by Bianca Simone Zeigelboim, Maria Renata José, Geslaine Janaina Bueno Dos Santos, Maria Izabel Rodrigues Severiano, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, José Stechman-Neto, Rosane Sampaio Santos, Cristiano Miranda de Araújo, Bianca Lopes Cavalcante-Leão

“…Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a heterogeneous group of hereditary degenerative diseases involving the disorder of a single gene and is characterized by the progressive retrograde degeneration of fibers in the spinal cord.…”
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Spontaneous Recovery of Paraplegia in a Polytrauma Patient following Spinal Cord Ischemia due to Type B Traumatic Aortic Dissection by Pedro Ramos Jurado, Fernando Hernández Aragón, Víctor Aaron Miranda González, Jesús Antonio Loya Silva, Edgar Azael Pérez Gutiérrez, Nadia Karina Portillo Ortiz, Adriana Cristina Quintana Vázquez, Luisa Fernanda Trujillo Venzor, Eduardo Enrique Gámez Aponte, Arturo Aguirre Madrid, Edmundo Berumen Nafarrate

“…The patient developed transient paraplegia as the initial manifestation of acute aortic dissection, which represents a high mortality and morbidity entity without adequate and prompt treatment, and prompt diagnosis and management were critical. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis reinforces the implication of spatacsin in neuroinflammation and neurodevelopment by Liriopé Toupenet Marchesi, Daniel Stockholm, Typhaine Esteves, Marion Leblanc, Nicolas Auger, Julien Branchu, Khalid Hamid El Hachimi, Giovanni Stevanin

Subjects: “…Spastic paraplegia…”
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Prospective Evaluation of 24 h/2 Days’ Monitoring of Systemic Blood Pressure in Patients with Traumatic Paraplegia – A Single-center Study by Vandana Chaudhary, N S Verma, Bhupendra Kumar, Kumar Rahul, Satish Kumar

“…Objectives: The objective of the study is to evaluate baseline heart rate (HR), baseline BP, and ambulatory arterial blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) in traumatic paraplegia patients. Materials and Methods: We enrolled 36 patients of traumatic paraplegia patients, paralyzed by Road traffic accident or fall from height within 7 days of trauma. …”
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Extensive In Silico Analysis of ATL1 Gene : Discovered Five Mutations That May Cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Type 3A by Mujahed I. Mustafa, Naseem S. Murshed, Abdelrahman H. Abdelmoneim, Miyssa I. Abdelmageed, Nafisa M. Elfadol, Abdelrafie M. Makhawi

“…Hereditary spastic paraplegia type 3A (SPG3A) is a neurodegenerative disease inherited type of Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). …”
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