Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report

BACKGROUND: Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) usually presents with lower extremity symptoms and signs, but rarely with bladder and bowel complaints. Here, we present a 61-year-old female who suffered solely from fecal incontinence (FI) attributed to a large LDH. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient presented w...

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Autores principales: Fotakopoulos, George, Brotis, Alexandros, Fountas, Kostas Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Scientific Scholar 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34345493
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_600_2021
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author Fotakopoulos, George
Brotis, Alexandros
Fountas, Kostas Andreas
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description BACKGROUND: Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) usually presents with lower extremity symptoms and signs, but rarely with bladder and bowel complaints. Here, we present a 61-year-old female who suffered solely from fecal incontinence (FI) attributed to a large LDH. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient presented with FI, but had a normal neurological examination. When the lumbar magnetic resonance imaging of showed a large central L5S1 LDH, the patient underwent an urgent diskectomy. Six months later, her symptoms had improved. CONCLUSION: Patients with large central LDHs may present with FI alone warranting urgent/emergent disc removal.
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spelling pubmed-83260692021-08-02 Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report Fotakopoulos, George Brotis, Alexandros Fountas, Kostas Andreas Surg Neurol Int Case Report BACKGROUND: Lumbar disc herniation (LDH) usually presents with lower extremity symptoms and signs, but rarely with bladder and bowel complaints. Here, we present a 61-year-old female who suffered solely from fecal incontinence (FI) attributed to a large LDH. CASE DESCRIPTION: The patient presented with FI, but had a normal neurological examination. When the lumbar magnetic resonance imaging of showed a large central L5S1 LDH, the patient underwent an urgent diskectomy. Six months later, her symptoms had improved. CONCLUSION: Patients with large central LDHs may present with FI alone warranting urgent/emergent disc removal. Scientific Scholar 2021-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8326069/ /pubmed/34345493 http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_600_2021 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Surgical Neurology International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report
title Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report
title_full Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report
title_fullStr Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report
title_short Lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: A case report
title_sort lumbar disc herniation presenting with fecal incontinence without radiculopathy: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34345493
http://dx.doi.org/10.25259/SNI_600_2021
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