Acute cauda equina syndrome. Diagnostic advantage of MRI

Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1994 Feb 15;19(4):475-8. doi: 10.1097/00007632-199402001-00020.

Abstract

Speed and completeness are vital in the radiographic evaluation of an acute cauda equina syndrome presentation to maximize its resolution with rapid appropriate surgical intervention. Magnetic resonance imaging provides the optimal method for non-invasive evaluation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Cauda Equina*
  • Diskectomy
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Humans
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications
  • Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery
  • Lumbar Vertebrae
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Myelography
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed