Abstract:A 13 year old girl presented to the accident and emergency (A&E) department with back pain of six to seven weeks' duration. She had had numbness and pins and needles in her legs for one week, and weakness in both legs at presentation. She had a history of a fall from a horse two years before, treated by her general practitioner with analgesics...On examination there was global weakness in both lower limbs with unsteady gait and a sensory level just below the umbilicus (Ti 1). Touch was perceived better in the … Show more
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