Transverse myelitis secondary to intramuscular administration of benzathine penicillin
Wilkins, A.; Estañol, B.
Archivos de Investigacion Medica 18(1): 25-29
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-6769 PMID: 3632179 Document Number: 296593
A case is reported of a woman 44 years of age, who after an intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin presented acute transverse myelitis. A revision of similar cases reveals a characteristic clinical pattern. This problem may be due to an intraarterial injection of viscous material which causes an embolism into the superior gluteus artery and lumbar aorta with a subsequent infarct.