OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of cauda equina lesions on sexual function in men. METHODS Sexual function was investigated in 46 men with long standing cauda equina/conus medullaris lesions. All had clinical and radiological findings supporting the diagnosis. The validated Slovene translation of the international index of erectile function (IIEF) was used. The responses were scored and ...

Bronchogenic cysts (BCs) are congenital malformations that originate from remnants of the primitive foregut. Intraspinal BCs, especially those of the conus medullaris are rare with only one case reported until now. To date, a bronchogenic cyst with spinal cord tethering has not been previously reported. We reviewed the clinical course of a 44-year-old woman, who presented with low back pain and...

Dr. Asdrubal Falavigna – Rua General Arcy da Rocha Nóbrega 401 / 602 95040-290 Caxias do Sul RS Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Spinal dermoid cysts are benign tumors that results from congenital or adquired ectodermal inclusions. Histologically they are characterized by the presence of dermal structures. These tumors account for 0.8%–1.1% of all primary spinal tumors with the majority occu...

Intramedullary spinal lesions in the conus medullaris (CM), including tumors, infection and vascular lesion, are rarely reported. Intramedullary spinal cord tumors account for 1% of all central nervous system tumors (1) and some infectious diseases in the CM were reported as case reports (2-10). Moreover some authors described syringomyelia of the CM due to INTRODUCTION �Received; February 21, ...

BACKGROUND longitudinal myelitis (LM) is defined by the continuous lesion of more than four spinal cord segments. LM is a rare variant of acute transverse myelitis and it frequently presented poor responses to immunomodulatory therapy, which resulted in severe and disabling sequelae. We reported a case of acute longitudinal myelitis involving extensive lesions from cervical spinal cord to conus...

Med J Malaysia Vol 67 No 4 August 2012 INTRODUCTION Despite astrocytomas being the most common primary central nervous system (CNS) neoplasm they rarely occur in the spinal cord. Intramedullary spinal cord (IMSC) astrocytoma can occur in any age group but it is rare among those more than 60 year old. In the pediatric age group, 59% of IMSC lesions are astrocytomas with a slight male predominanc...