Urinary Retention and Air in the Spinal Canal; a Case Report
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016),
1 February 2016
,
Page 38-40
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v4i1.215
Abstract
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.- Polyradiculopathy
- lumbosacral region
- spine
- urinary retention
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