Intramedullary Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome to the Emergency Department

Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare entity presenting with low back pain, unilateral or bilateral sciatica, motor weakness of lower extremities, sensory disturbance in the perineal area, and urinary and/or faecal incontinence. Those symptoms are secondary to compression of the cauda equina. If not...

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Autores principales: Damaskos, Dimitrios, Jumeau, Helene, Lens, François-Xavier, Lechien, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9546827
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author Damaskos, Dimitrios
Jumeau, Helene
Lens, François-Xavier
Lechien, Philippe
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Lens, François-Xavier
Lechien, Philippe
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description Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare entity presenting with low back pain, unilateral or bilateral sciatica, motor weakness of lower extremities, sensory disturbance in the perineal area, and urinary and/or faecal incontinence. Those symptoms are secondary to compression of the cauda equina. If not recognized, CES can lead to irreversible disabilities. We report the case of a 77-year-old lady who presented to the emergency department with a ten-day history of back pain as well as urinary incontinence.
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spelling pubmed-48848072016-06-12 Intramedullary Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome to the Emergency Department Damaskos, Dimitrios Jumeau, Helene Lens, François-Xavier Lechien, Philippe Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare entity presenting with low back pain, unilateral or bilateral sciatica, motor weakness of lower extremities, sensory disturbance in the perineal area, and urinary and/or faecal incontinence. Those symptoms are secondary to compression of the cauda equina. If not recognized, CES can lead to irreversible disabilities. We report the case of a 77-year-old lady who presented to the emergency department with a ten-day history of back pain as well as urinary incontinence. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4884807/ /pubmed/27293918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9546827 Text en Copyright © 2016 Dimitrios Damaskos et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Intramedullary Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome to the Emergency Department
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title_full Intramedullary Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome to the Emergency Department
title_fullStr Intramedullary Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome to the Emergency Department
title_full_unstemmed Intramedullary Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome to the Emergency Department
title_short Intramedullary Abscess by Staphylococcus aureus Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome to the Emergency Department
title_sort intramedullary abscess by staphylococcus aureus presenting as cauda equina syndrome to the emergency department
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4884807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9546827
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