A case of type 3 DCS with a radiologically normal spinal cord

Authors: Gorman; Sames¹; Drewry; Bodicoat²

Source: Internal Medicine Journal, Volume 36, Number 3, March 2006 , pp. 193-196(4)

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Abstract:

A subtype of cerebral arterial gas embolism arising in divers, in which apparent spinal cord disease follows early cerebral manifestations, is well known and has been described as type 3 DCS. A case that clinically conformed to the pattern of type 3 DCS was examined radiologically. Despite clinical signs of spinal disease, magnetic resonance imaging scans of the spinal cord did not demonstrate pathology.

Keywords: decompression sickness; type-3 DCS; cerebral arterial gas embolism; spinal cord disease

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01026.x

Affiliations: 1: Royal New Zealand Naval Health Services 2: Radiology Department, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Publication date: 2006-03-01