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  • Title: [Paraplegia with a cauda equina syndrome due to stenosis of the spinal canal caused by tabes arthropathy].
    Author: Steimlé R, Jacquet G, Wehbi M, Sauvageot M, Lecuyer F.
    Journal: Acta Neurochir (Wien); 1978; 40(3-4):323-33. PubMed ID: 676810.
    Abstract:
    The authors present a case of cauda equina paraparesis due to compression by tabetic osteo-arthropathy. Diagnosis was confirmed by the typical clinical picture of tabes and by the history of a chancre 53 years earlier. Radiography of the spine showed vertibral osteo-arthropathy. Opaque contrast myelography showed compression at the D 11/D 12 and L 4/L 5 levels, with poor contrast filling athe the L 1/L 3 level. Surgical treatment by decompressive laminectomies from D 12 to L 4 led to a satisfactory result with motor recovery and regression of the cauda equina syndrome.
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