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Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Complicated Diverticulitis

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2013
A 58-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with cauda equina syndrome and sepsis. The symptoms were attributed to a complicated episode of sigmoid diverticulitis.
M. ter Horst, M.A.W. Stam, D.E. Bouman, J.M. Klaase   +3 more
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Cauda Equina Syndrome in a Military Personnel: A Case Report

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Cauda equina syndrome is a rare but severe neuro-spinal disorder commonly caused due to lumbar disc herniation, which occurs mostly at lower levels of L4-S1.
Anup Rai, Kiran Ghimire, Omkar K C, Samir Pudasaini, Sumnima Rai   +4 more
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What is the incidence of cauda equina syndrome? A systematic review.

Journal of Neurosurgery : Spine, 2020
OBJECTIVE Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a surgical emergency requiring timely operative intervention to prevent symptom progression. Accurately establishing the incidence of CES is required to inform healthcare service design and delivery, including out-
I. Hoeritzauer, M. Wood, P. Copley, A. Demetriades, J. Woodfield   +4 more
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‘Scan-negative’ cauda equina syndrome: what to do when there is no neurosurgical cause

Practical Neurology, 2021
Suspected cauda equina syndrome is a common presentation in emergency departments, but most patients (≥70%) have no cauda equina compression on imaging.
I. Hoeritzauer, B. Stanton, A. Carson, J. Stone   +3 more
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A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Fungal infections of the spine are very rare and usually seen in immunocompromised patients. Acute cauda equina syndrome presenting in an immunocompetent patient is usually due to a prolapse of the intervertebral disc.
Sumit Batra, Sumit Arora, Hemant Meshram, Geetika Khanna, Shabnam B Grover, Vinod K Sharma   +5 more
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Comparison of 90-day complications and two-year reoperation rates between anterior and posterior interbody fusion for single-level degenerative spondylolisthesis

North American Spine Society Journal, 2022
Background: For the surgical treatment of single-level degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS), patients can be treated with either an anterior or posterior interbody fusion.
Stephen Georgiou, Satvir Saggi, Hao-Hua Wu, Lionel Metz   +3 more
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Cauda equina syndrome secondary to extramedullary spinal sparganosis

Formosan Journal of Surgery, 2020
We report a rare case of sparganosis presented as cauda equina syndrome. Cauda equina syndrome secondary to extramedullary spinal sparganosis infection represents a diagnostic challenge.
Tzu-Hsieh Hsu, Tzu-Tsao Chung, Yi-Ani Chen, Among-Hsuan Chung   +3 more
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Drop Metastasis of Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Producing Pituitary Carcinoma to the Cauda Equina [PDF]

Asian Spine Journal, 2014
The diagnosis of pituitary carcinoma cannot be made easily histologically, and most cases of pituitary carcinoma are diagnosed only after the clinical detection of metastasis.
Kenichi Takeuchi, Yoko Hagiwara, Koichi Kanaya, Keiji Wada, Masahiro Shiba, Yoshiharu Kato   +5 more
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A rare presentation of cauda equina syndrome due to pyogenic iliopsoas abscess: A case report

Journal of Orthopaedic Reports, 2022
Background: Iliopsoas abscess, though usually presents with innocuous features, may sometimes complicate the clinical course with neurologic complications or hyperacute symptoms.
Anil Regmi, Saroj Kumar Bhagat, Vishal Verma, Pankaj Kandwal, Quamar Azam, Bhaskar Sarkar   +5 more
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Discectomy For Massive Disc Herniation Causing Cauda Equina Syndrome: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Technique, 2018
Traditional open and microscopic approaches for lumbar discectomy in cauda equina syndrome are associated with retraction of thecal sac and nerve root which was already compromised. Our study looks upon a case of cauda equina syndrome due to massive disc
Hyeun Sung Kim, Nitin Adsul, Yoon Seok Ju, Ki Joon Kim, Sung Ho Choi, Jeong Hoon Kim, Sung Kyun Chung, Jeong-Hoon Choi, Jee-Soo Jang, Il-Tae Jang, Seong-Hoon Oh, Jae Eun Park, Sol Lee   +12 more
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