BACKGROUND We report experience with patients presenting with a specific combination of symptoms: unilateral sciatica, unilateral sensibility loss in the dermatomes S1 to S5 (hemi-saddle) and subjective micturation problems secondary to ruptured lumbar disc. Because of its similarities with a cauda equina syndrome, this combination of symptoms was thought to be a unilateral cauda equina syndrom...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PURPOSE The aim of present study was to investigate imaging findings suggestive of cauda equina entrapment in thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Burst fractures with cauda equina entrapment can cause neurologic deterioration during surgery. However, dural tears and cauda equina entrapment are very difficult to diagnose clinic...

Histopathologically and immunologically confirmed case of paraganglioma of cauda equina region is described.

background & importance: cavernous angiomas are typically superficial lesionscreated by anomalous vessels and found in the skin or mucosa, but intradural locations are rare especially in the spine. we report a case of the spinal intradural cavernous angiomas of the lumbar spine. case presentation: a 53-year-old man presented with a 6-month history of low back pain and bilateral radicular pain. ...

To determine the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in experimental dog model of severe acute cauda equina syndrome, which was induced by multiple cauda equina constrictions throughout the entire lumbar (L), sacral (S) and coccygeal (Co) spinal cord and their central processes of the dorsal root ganglia neurons. Adult male mongrel dogs were randomly divided into 2 groups. The exp...

Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a serious neurological condition and the most common cause is a central disc herniation. Migration of a bullet down the spinal canal is uncommon. In this report, the authors present an unusual case of cauda equina syndrome caused by a migrated bullet in dural sac. The patient's cauda equina syndrome was related to possible compression of cauda equina resulting fro...

Mouse and hamster spermatozoa from the cauda epididymidis were deposited into the female tract at various periods following ligation of the corpus epididymidis. It was found that the number of spermatozoa in the cauda epididymidis decreased sooner in the hamster than in the mouse but the initial decrease in fertilizing ability occurred much earlier in the mouse than in the hamster. The fertiliz...

This case demonstrates the myelographic, CT myelographic, and MR appearance of primary lymphoma of the cauda equina. It also illustrates the utility of high-resolution CT myelography in certain lesions of the cauda equina. The authors feel that CT myelography, with its inherent ability to depict individual nerve roots and therefore any pathologic involvement as well, should be considered an adj...

Disturbance of autonomic function is an unusual feature of compression of the cauda equina. A 61 year old man who had complete occlusion of the lumbar spinal canal with compression of the cauda equina from a large centrally prolapsed disc, had spontaneous priapism, precipitated by walking and relieved by resting. This symptom was comparable to claudication by compression of cauda equina. It sub...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Overlooking a potential diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome (CES) can result in severe long-term neurologic deficits. There is a growing trend to order urgent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the lumbar spine in any patient presenting with signs suspicious for CES. A substantial number of these MRI scans do not show cauda compression. The purpose of this study is ...