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Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine

Aviat.Space Environ.Med.

Oct

80

10

898

899

JID: 7501714; ppublish

United States

0095-6562; 0095-6562

PMID: 19817244

eng

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19817244

Reported here is a 37-yr-old professional diving instructor who had developed complaints of back pain and weakness in the lower extremities after diving. He was eventually diagnosed as having spinal cord decompression sickness along with a likely diagnosis of anterior spinal artery (artery of Adamkiewicz) syndrome. Additionally, since the transthoracic echocardiography revealed patent foramen ovale, we hypothesized that it might have been a potential route for gas bubbles to occlude the anterior spinal artery in this diver.

Adult, Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome/diagnosis/epidemiology, Comorbidity, Decompression Sickness/epidemiology/etiology/therapy, Diving/adverse effects, Foramen Ovale, Patent/epidemiology, Humans, Hyperbaric Oxygenation, Male

Uzun,G., Cakar,E., Kiralp,M. Z., Carli,A., Durmus,O., Senol,M. G., Mutluoglu,M., Uz,O., Dincer,U., Ozcakar,L.

Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. gunalpuzun@yahoo.com

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2009