Francisco Chiang1,2, Maurício Castillo1,2
1Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2Department of Radiology, University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Tóm tắt
Spinal cord infarcts have been reported in young healthy patients following contact with the water on the beaches of North Carolina. Although their exact cause is not known, contact with a toxic marine animal has been proposed. We describe a patient who suffered a “seastroke” and review the pertinent literature.
