Partial cauda equina syndrome after an uneventful minimally invasive microdiscectomy in a patient with Crohn's disease
(2017) Neurochirurgie — Vol. 63, n° 1, p. 21-24 (2017)
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Duprez, Thierry 
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- Cauda equina syndrome is a serious condition resulting from dysfunction of the lumbosacral nerve roots and characterized by impairment of bladder, bowel, sexual and lower limb functions. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman who had Crohn's disease for more than twenty years. The patient was undergoing immunotherapy with infliximab and developed a partial cauda equina syndrome after an uneventful minimally invasive microdiscectomy (L5-S1) that completely cured her sciatica. A postoperative magnetic resonance imaging examination showed root clumping but no compressive lesion. We discuss a possible relationship between the cauda equina syndrome and the patient's active Crohn's disease, treatment and surgery.
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Raftopoulos, C., Koenig, S., Joris, V., & Duprez, T. (2017). Partial cauda equina syndrome after an uneventful minimally invasive microdiscectomy in a patient with Crohn’s disease. Neurochirurgie, 63(1), 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuchi.2016.10.007 (Original work published 2017)