Abstract
A 71-year-old patient presented with low back pain and slowly progressive weakness of both legs. Within a few hours after lumbar myelography, paraplegia below level L2 evolved. MR-imaging revealed a discogenic stenosis at level Th10/11. Immediate decompression by costo-transversectomy led to reversal of the neurological deficits.
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Aged
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Calcinosis / surgery
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Decompression, Surgical / methods
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Female
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Humans
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Intervertebral Disc Displacement / complications
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Intervertebral Disc Displacement / surgery*
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Low Back Pain / etiology*
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Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Myelography / adverse effects
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Paraplegia / etiology
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Paraplegia / surgery*
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Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery*
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Treatment Outcome