A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservatively

Cobb syndrome is a rare metameric disorder, characterized by either an angioma or an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord, with an associated vascular skin lesion of the same metamere. They are less than 50 cases reported to date. Most of the cases were in whites. We report a case of an 18-...

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Main Author:	Luxwell Jokonya
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAMJ 2020-06-01
Series:	PAMJ Clinical Medicine
Subjects:	cobb syndrome vascular skin lesion paraplegia
Online Access:	https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/50/pdf/50.pdf

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spelling	doaj-dc38082683494f4cb2a07528492e57fd2020-11-25T03:42:44ZengPAMJPAMJ Clinical Medicine 2707-27972707-27972020-06-0135010.11604/pamj-cm.2020.3.50.2324723247A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservativelyLuxwell JokonyaCobb syndrome is a rare metameric disorder, characterized by either an angioma or an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord, with an associated vascular skin lesion of the same metamere. They are less than 50 cases reported to date. Most of the cases were in whites. We report a case of an 18-year-old black man who presented with sudden severe backache with rapidly progressing paraplegia and bowel and bladder symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an arteriovenous malformation from forth to the twelfth thoracic vertebrae (T4-T12). He had a congenital cutaneous vascular back lesion covering the same dermatomes. This is diagnostic of Cobb´s syndrome. https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/50/pdf/50.pdf cobb syndromevascular skin lesionparaplegia
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title	A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservatively
title_short	A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservatively
title_full	A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservatively
title_fullStr	A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservatively
title_full_unstemmed	A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservatively
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publisher	PAMJ
series	PAMJ Clinical Medicine
issn	2707-2797 2707-2797
publishDate	2020-06-01
description	Cobb syndrome is a rare metameric disorder, characterized by either an angioma or an arteriovenous malformation of the spinal cord, with an associated vascular skin lesion of the same metamere. They are less than 50 cases reported to date. Most of the cases were in whites. We report a case of an 18-year-old black man who presented with sudden severe backache with rapidly progressing paraplegia and bowel and bladder symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an arteriovenous malformation from forth to the twelfth thoracic vertebrae (T4-T12). He had a congenital cutaneous vascular back lesion covering the same dermatomes. This is diagnostic of Cobb´s syndrome.
topic	cobb syndrome vascular skin lesion paraplegia
url	https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/50/pdf/50.pdf
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A rare case of cobb syndrome in a black person managed conservatively

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