[Cervical medullar infarction in multileveled discopathy]. / Infarctus médullaire cervical dans un contexte de discopathie pluri-étagée.

Spinal cord infarction is a rare but devastating pathology causing acute neurological deficits. The incidence has been estimated to 1% of all strokes. In that case report, our patient has presented anterior spinal artery infarction in C5-C6. The only risk factor founded was a multileveled discopathy wich is known to be an uncommon cause of anterior spinal artery syndrome.