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Neurology Mar 1967
Topics: Adult; Aged; Arsenic Poisoning; Dimercaprol; Electrocardiography; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nervous System Diseases; Polyneuropathies; Polyradiculopathy
PubMed: 6066957
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.17.3.269 -
Archives of Neurology Apr 1968
Topics: France; History, 20th Century; Polyradiculopathy
PubMed: 4867011
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1968.00470340135013 -
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle... Nov 2008Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare syndrome that has been described as a complex of symptoms and signs--low back pain, unilateral or bilateral sciatica, motor... (Review)
Review
Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare syndrome that has been described as a complex of symptoms and signs--low back pain, unilateral or bilateral sciatica, motor weakness of lower extremities, sensory disturbance in saddle area, and loss of visceral function--resulting from compression of the cauda equina. CES occurs in approximately 2% of cases of herniated lumbar discs and is one of the few spinal surgical emergencies. In this article, we review information that is critical in understanding, diagnosing, and treating CES.
Topics: Cauda Equina; Decompression, Surgical; Emergencies; Humans; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Nerve Compression Syndromes; Polyradiculopathy
PubMed: 19104682
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Journal of Pain & Palliative Care... Mar 2014Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more...
Questions from patients about pain conditions and analgesic pharmacotherapy and responses from authors are presented to help educate patients and make them more effective self-advocates. The topics addressed in this issue are cauda equina syndrome, a dysfunction of the nerves in the spinal canal, and its symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
Topics: Humans; Polyradiculopathy; Prognosis
PubMed: 24490897
DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2013.869648 -
The Spine Journal : Official Journal of... Sep 2011Injuries to the thoracolumbar spine may lead to a complex array of clinical syndromes that result from dysfunction of the anterior motor units, lumbosacral nerve roots,... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND CONTEXT
Injuries to the thoracolumbar spine may lead to a complex array of clinical syndromes that result from dysfunction of the anterior motor units, lumbosacral nerve roots, and/or spinal cord. Neurologic dysfunction may manifest in the lower extremities as loss of fine and gross motor function, touch, pain, temperature, and proprioceptive and vibratory sense deficits. Two clinical syndromes sometimes associated with these injuries are conus medullaris syndrome (CMS) and cauda equina syndrome (CES).
PURPOSE
To review the current management of thoracolumbar spinal cord injuries.
STUDY DESIGN
Literature review.
METHODS
Index Medicus was used to search the primary literature for articles on thoracolumbar injuries. An emphasis was placed on the current management, controversies, and newer treatment options.
RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS
After blunt trauma, these syndromes may reflect a continuum of dysfunction rather than a distinct clinical entity. The transitional anatomy at the thoracolumbar junction, where the conus medullaris is present, makes it less likely that a "pure" CMS or CES syndrome will occur and more likely that a "mixed" injury will. Surgical decompression is the mainstay of treatment for incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI) and incomplete CMS and CES. The value of timing of surgical intervention in the setting of incomplete SCI is unclear at this time. This review summarizes the recent information on epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and controversies in the management of thoracolumbar neurologic injury syndromes.
Topics: Humans; Lumbar Vertebrae; Polyradiculopathy; Spinal Cord Compression; Spinal Injuries; Thoracic Vertebrae
PubMed: 21889419
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.07.022 -
Revue Neurologique Jan 2009Celiac disease (CD) may be complicated by an enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL), but lymphomatous dissemination outside the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon...
INTRODUCTION
Celiac disease (CD) may be complicated by an enteropathy associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL), but lymphomatous dissemination outside the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon especially to the peripheral nervous sytem.
OBSERVATION
We report a 54-year-old CD patient with EATL revealed by subacute polyradiculopathy.
DISCUSSION
Peripheral neuropathies associated with CD are generally not polyradiculopathies, but sensorimotor neuropathies. Peripheral neurological complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma are more frequent with B-lymphoma and a neurological presentation of EATL is very rare.
CONCLUSION
This case illustrates the usefulness of searching for EATL in CD patients with polyradiculopathy.
Topics: Cauda Equina; Celiac Disease; Female; Humans; Intestinal Diseases; Lymphoma, T-Cell; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Middle Aged; Polyradiculopathy; Spine
PubMed: 18808770
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2008.04.018 -
Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ May 2004Transverse sacral fractures associated with cauda equina syndrome are uncommon lesions and often missed at the time of presentation. This case report highlights the...
Transverse sacral fractures associated with cauda equina syndrome are uncommon lesions and often missed at the time of presentation. This case report highlights the benign presentation and the unpleasant outcome of such an injury.
Topics: Accidental Falls; Aged; Female; Humans; Polyradiculopathy; Pubic Bone; Radiography; Sacrum; Spinal Fractures
PubMed: 15107393
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.004176 -
Clinical Infectious Diseases : An... Jun 1994
Topics: AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Cytomegalovirus; Cytomegalovirus Infections; Female; Foscarnet; Humans; Polyradiculopathy
PubMed: 8086536
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/18.6.1019 -
Child's Nervous System : ChNS :... Aug 2017
Topics: Cauda Equina; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Male; Medicine in Literature; Neurologists; Polyradiculopathy; United States
PubMed: 27476036
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-016-3205-0 -
Instructional Course Lectures 2000
Review
Topics: Decompression, Surgical; Humans; Laminectomy; Polyradiculopathy; Radiculopathy; Spinal Fusion; Spinal Osteophytosis; Spinal Stenosis
PubMed: 10829189
DOI: No ID Found