Midline depressed skull fracture presenting with quadriplegia: A rare phenomenon.
CONCLUSION: MDSF can present with quadriparesis/quadriplegia due to middle one-third SSS obstruction/thrombosis leading to bilateral motor cortical venous infarction. Such MDSFs may require emergent surgical elevation of the depressed bone fragment for restoration of the patency of the sinus.
PMID: 28458953 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research
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