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- Title
Lumbosacral actinomycosis with direct involvement and compression of conus medullaris and cauda equina nerve roots: An extremely rare case.
- Authors
Dewan, Aditi; Gupta, Anuja; Trivedi, Priti; Agrawal, Gaurav; Patel, Dipak D.; Shah, Manoj
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 22-year-old male who was presented with severe lower back pain and urinary incontinence of 1 month duration and paraparesis of 18 months duration. The patient gave a history of non-healing ulcer over right foot for the past 4 years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spine showed a T2-weighted hypointense intraspinal lesion from L1 to S3 levels filling nearly entire lumbosacral spinal canal with posterior scalloping of lumbar vertebral bodies.
- Subjects
DISEASES in men; BACKACHE; PARAPARESIS; URINARY incontinence; MAGNETIC resonance imaging
- Publication
Neurology India, 2012, Vol 60, Issue 5, p560
- ISSN
0028-3886
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0028-3886.103228