Concomitant cauda equina syndrome and lumbar diskitis secondary to urinary tract infection.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Cauda equina syndrome and lumbar diskitis are relatively uncommon conditions. This case report describes a case of concomitant presentation of cauda equina syndrome and lumbar diskitis in a patient with an Escherichia coli culture-positive extruded disk fragment. To our knowledge this is the first case of a patient who presented with cauda equina syndrome secondary to lumbar diskitis from a urinary tract infection.
Medical subject headings
- Discitis
- Lumbar Vertebrae
- Polyradiculopathy
- Urinary Tract Infections
Anatomy
- lumbar spine