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Case report: total parenteral nutrition extravasation associated with spinal cord compression and necrosis.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Knobel, RB; Meetze, W; Cummings, J
Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association
January 2001

A preterm infant, whose course was complicated by sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis with jejunal perforation, intraventricular hemorrhage and cerebellar hemorrhage, suffered permanent and total paralysis below the neck from extravasation of parenteral nutrition fluids through a femoral venous catheter. MRI imaging revealed extravasation of fluid into the paraspinus musculature with extension into the spinal canal. This fluid was identified as hyperalimentation and intralipid. Postmortem examination found evidence of necrosis of the spinal cord as well as perforation of the right iliac vein.

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Published In

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association

DOI

EISSN

1476-5543

ISSN

0743-8346

Publication Date

January 2001

Volume

21

Issue

1

Start / End Page

68 / 71

Related Subject Headings

  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Cord
  • Pediatrics
  • Parenteral Nutrition, Total
  • Necrosis
  • Male
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Iliac Vein
 

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Knobel, R. B., Meetze, W., & Cummings, J. (2001). Case report: total parenteral nutrition extravasation associated with spinal cord compression and necrosis. Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association, 21(1), 68–71. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200473
Knobel, R. B., W. Meetze, and J. Cummings. “Case report: total parenteral nutrition extravasation associated with spinal cord compression and necrosis.Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association 21, no. 1 (January 2001): 68–71. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200473.
Knobel RB, Meetze W, Cummings J. Case report: total parenteral nutrition extravasation associated with spinal cord compression and necrosis. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2001 Jan;21(1):68–71.
Knobel, R. B., et al. “Case report: total parenteral nutrition extravasation associated with spinal cord compression and necrosis.Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association, vol. 21, no. 1, Jan. 2001, pp. 68–71. Epmc, doi:10.1038/sj.jp.7200473.
Knobel RB, Meetze W, Cummings J. Case report: total parenteral nutrition extravasation associated with spinal cord compression and necrosis. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2001 Jan;21(1):68–71.

Published In

Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association

DOI

EISSN

1476-5543

ISSN

0743-8346

Publication Date

January 2001

Volume

21

Issue

1

Start / End Page

68 / 71

Related Subject Headings

  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Spinal Cord
  • Pediatrics
  • Parenteral Nutrition, Total
  • Necrosis
  • Male
  • Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Iliac Vein