1977
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1977000300013
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Abscesso subdural ao nível da cauda equina: relato de um caso

Abstract: Alguns dias após, começou a apresentar diminuição de força nos membros inferiores e, três dias antes do internamento, não conseguia manter-se de pé.Não haviam queixas motoras ou sensitivas nos membros superiores.As funções esfincterianas e sexuais estavam preservadas. Não havia história de febre ou infecçâo prévia.Exame neurológico -Paraplegia flácida, hipotrofia muscular na coxa e perna esquerdas. Reflexos osteotendinosos ausentes nos membros inferiores. Reflexo cutâneo-plantar ausente em ambos os lados.Leve … Show more

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“…6,12,27 Very few reports exist on subdural lumbar abscesses, which diffusely surround and partly adhere to the cauda equina. 5,6,12,27 Encapsulated intradural extramedullary abscesses, mimicking well-circumscribed, tumorous lesions, have been reported in cases of tuberculosis. 1 To our knowledge no case of a pyogenic well-circumscribed abscess of the terminal filum radiologically mimicking a cauda equina tumor has been described previously.…”
Section: Pathogenesis Of Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Abscessmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…6,12,27 Very few reports exist on subdural lumbar abscesses, which diffusely surround and partly adhere to the cauda equina. 5,6,12,27 Encapsulated intradural extramedullary abscesses, mimicking well-circumscribed, tumorous lesions, have been reported in cases of tuberculosis. 1 To our knowledge no case of a pyogenic well-circumscribed abscess of the terminal filum radiologically mimicking a cauda equina tumor has been described previously.…”
Section: Pathogenesis Of Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Abscessmentioning
confidence: 99%