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.

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