A CAUDA-EQUINA SYNDROME IN A PATIENT TREATED WITH ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS- CASE-REPORT

Authors
WILLEMS J ANNE A HERREGODS P KLAES R CHAPPEL R
Citation
J. Willems et al., A CAUDA-EQUINA SYNDROME IN A PATIENT TREATED WITH ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS- CASE-REPORT, Paraplegia, 32(4), 1994, pp. 277-280
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Paraplegia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00311758
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
277 - 280
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-1758(1994)32:4<277:ACSIAP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The authors report a patient who was on oral anticoagulants because of mitral valve disease and who developed paraplegia from subarachnoid b leeding involving the cauda equina. The differential diagnosis, invest igations and treatment of the cauda equina syndrome are described.