Priapism as a feature of claudication of the cauda equina.
A case is reported of a man 60 years of age with degenerative stenosis of the lumbar canal at the L3-4 level and lumbar arachnoiditis, whose symptoms of claudication of the cauda equina were accompanied by uncomfortable involuntary erections. All symptoms were relieved by surgical decompression.
D001100:Arachnoiditis / Q000150:complications; D002420:Cauda Equina; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011317:Priapism / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000150:complications