SACRAL INSUFFICIENCY STRESS-FRACTURE AS ETIOLOGY OF POSITIONAL AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA - CASE-REPORT

The medical literature is replete with case reports of the syndrome kn own as autonomic dysreflexia. Although the majority of cases are known to be induced by either bladder or bowel distention, there does exist a small number of cases in which the inciting stimulus is more obscur e. In such cases, a comprehensive medical evaluation is necessary to e nsure proper identification of the source of irritation and the approp riate medical management of the patient. We present a patient with a h eretofore unreported suspected etiology of autonomic dysreflexia, axia l loading of a sacral stress fracture.