title: Redundant nerve roots of the cauda equina. A rare disease?
abstract: 6 cases of so-called redundant nerve roots of the cauda equina are reported, which brings the total number of cases described in literature to 27. The differential diagnosis of the myelographic picture of tortuous filling defects is discussed. The authors believe that the majority of these cases is caused by chronic compression of the nerve roots.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001416:Back Pain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012585:Sciatica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging