Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome

We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman with signs and symptoms suggesting cauda equina syndrome. Lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated no lesion at this level, while cervical MRI showed a T2-hyperintense lesion in the middle-right anterolateral region of the cervical spinal...

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Autores principales: Vinceti, Giulia, Zini, Andrea, Nichelli, Paolo, Mandrioli, Jessica
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2012
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Published online: June, 2012
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22740824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339445
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author Vinceti, Giulia
Zini, Andrea
Nichelli, Paolo
Mandrioli, Jessica
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Zini, Andrea
Nichelli, Paolo
Mandrioli, Jessica
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description We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman with signs and symptoms suggesting cauda equina syndrome. Lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated no lesion at this level, while cervical MRI showed a T2-hyperintense lesion in the middle-right anterolateral region of the cervical spinal cord, which may explain the symptoms by involving the anterior spinothalamic tract. We suggest that in cases with cauda equina syndrome presentation and normal lumbosacral MRI, a cervicodorsal lesion should be considered during diagnostic assessment.
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spelling pubmed-33832962012-06-27 Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome Vinceti, Giulia Zini, Andrea Nichelli, Paolo Mandrioli, Jessica Case Rep Neurol Published online: June, 2012 We describe the case of a 39-year-old woman with signs and symptoms suggesting cauda equina syndrome. Lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated no lesion at this level, while cervical MRI showed a T2-hyperintense lesion in the middle-right anterolateral region of the cervical spinal cord, which may explain the symptoms by involving the anterior spinothalamic tract. We suggest that in cases with cauda equina syndrome presentation and normal lumbosacral MRI, a cervicodorsal lesion should be considered during diagnostic assessment. S. Karger AG 2012-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3383296/ /pubmed/22740824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339445 Text en Copyright © 2012 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published online: June, 2012
Vinceti, Giulia
Zini, Andrea
Nichelli, Paolo
Mandrioli, Jessica
Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome
title Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome
title_full Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome
title_fullStr Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome
title_short Sensory Loss Mimicking Cauda Equina Syndrome due to Cervical Spinal Lesion in a Patient with Clinically Isolated Syndrome
title_sort sensory loss mimicking cauda equina syndrome due to cervical spinal lesion in a patient with clinically isolated syndrome
topic Published online: June, 2012
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22740824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000339445
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