Citation

Borgstedt-Bakke JH, Duel P, Rasmussen MM. Acta Neurochir. (Wien) 2018; 160(10): 1917-1920.

Affiliation

Center for Experimental Neuroscience-Spine, Department of Neurosurgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Noerrebrogade 44, building number 10, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00701-018-3657-y

PMID

30116904

Abstract

We present a case of a 55-year-old farmer who suddenly experienced an electric sensation in the left half of his body during lawn mowing. Neurological examination discovered neurological deficits corresponding to an incomplete spinal cord injury. Magnetic resonance imaging displayed an artifact in the cervical region. Following, a computer tomography imaging showed a metal object, located intramedullary, in the cervical spinal cord. The conclusion was a traumatic lesion from the metal object obtained during lawn mowing. The object was evacuated surgically. Three years postoperatively, the patient was improved. Caution in diagnostics following usage of heavy machinery is advised.

Language: en

Keywords

Cervical cord; Motor vehicles; Spinal cord injuries; Wound, penetrating