A 75-year-old man undergoes operative repair of a slowly enlarging thoracic aortic aneurysm that was diagnosed 2 years ago. Three days after the procedure, the patient is unable to move his lower extremities, Sensation to pinprick is absent over both lower extremities; sensation to gentle movement of a swab across he skin of the lower extremities is intact. The most likely cause of this patient's paraplegia is occlusion of which of the following arteries? A) Anterior spinal B) Dorsal spinal C) Lenticulostriate D) Middle cerebral E) Posterior cerebral F) Posterior communicating

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A 75-year-old man undergoes operative repair of a slowly enlarging thoracic aortic aneurysm that was diagnosed 2 years ago. Three days after the procedure, the
patient is unable to move his lower extremities, Sensation to pinprick is absent over both lower extremities;
sensation to gentle movement of a swab across he skin of the lower extremities is intact. The most likely cause of this patient's paraplegia is occlusion of which of the following arteries?
A) Anterior spinal
B) Dorsal spinal
C) Lenticulostriate
D) Middle cerebral
E) Posterior cerebral
F) Posterior communicating

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