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Spinal angiolipomas are rare benign tumors that generally induce slow progressive cord compression. Here, the authors describe a case of sudden-onset palsy of the lower extremities caused by hemorrhagic spinal angiolipoma. An emergent laminectomy was performed to achieve total lesion removal. Follow-up examinations indicated neurological improvement and the absence of recurrence.
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Angiolipoma/etiologia , Hemorragia/complicações , Compressão da Medula Espinal/etiologia , Neoplasias da Coluna Vertebral/etiologia , Adulto , Angiolipoma/irrigação sanguínea , Angiolipoma/cirurgia , Hemorragia/cirurgia , Humanos , Laminectomia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Paralisia/etiologia , Paralisia/cirurgia , Compressão da Medula Espinal/cirurgia , Neoplasias da Coluna Vertebral/irrigação sanguínea , Neoplasias da Coluna Vertebral/cirurgia , Vértebras TorácicasRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Environmental factors may modulate sensitization to the locomotor-activating effects of psychostimulants. In addition, some parameters of locomotor activity seem to be more sensitive to detect cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization. We examined how novelty and conditioning can modulate a previously described rapid-onset type of behavioral sensitization to amphetamine (AMP) in mice, using total, peripheral and central open-field locomotion frequencies as experimental parameters. METHODS: In the first experiment, mice received an ip injection of saline (SAL) or 5.0 mg/kg AMP paired or not with the open-field or in their home-cages. Four hours later, all the animals received an ip SAL challenge injection and, 15 min later, were observed in the open-field for quantification of total, peripheral and central locomotion frequencies. The second experiment had a similar protocol, except that mice received a challenge injection of 1.5 mg/kg AMP. RESULTS: The priming AMP injection significantly increased all the parameters of locomotion of SAL-challenged mice firstly exposed to or previously paired (but not unpaired) with the open-field. AMP priming injection enhanced total and peripheral locomotion of all AMP-challenged mice but only increased central locomotion of mice submitted to novelty or environmental conditioning. CONCLUSION: Our results showed: 1) the development of an AMP-induced rapid-onset sensitization to novelty and rapid-onset environmental conditioning in mice, 2) the potentiation of the AMP-induced rapid-onset sensitization to an AMP challenge injection by novelty and environmental conditioning and 3) the importance of measuring different locomotor activity parameters in behavioral sensitization experiments.