urinary retention and air in the spinal canal; a case report

نویسندگان

hoda karimian department of emergency medicine, rasoul akram hospital, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

mohammadmahdi gheiratian department of emergency medicine, rasoul akram hospital, iran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

چکیده

cauda equina syndrome (ces) although uncommon, is a very serious condition, which should be diagnosed as soon as possible.  urinary dysfunction following a lumbosacral trauma is a key for the physician to consider ces as the most probable diagnosis. up to 62% of ces patients report a recent episode of trauma. we herein report a young man with ces due to sacral fracture with an interesting imaging.

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