Two Cases of Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome

Vascular diseases of the spinal cord are rare when compared with cerebro-vascular diseases.Two cases of anterior spinal artery syndrome were reported.The initial symptome was pain at the level corresponding to the lesion. Temporal profile was characterized by abrupt onset and rapid evolution, the syndrome being completed in hours or days; a partial recovery occurred in a period of weeks or months.And also, in five autopsy cases of the spinal cord injury, no changes of the anterior spinal artery could be recognized.