title: Selective hypertrophy of the cauda equina nerve roots.
abstract: Two patients are described with a previously unreported hypertrophic radiculopathy of the cauda equina with preservation of peripheral nerve function. In one removal of an associated bronchial carcinoid tumour led to marked improvement in the neurological condition suggesting a paraneoplastic cause. The second patient later developed an external ophthalmoplegia but the underlying aetiology remains obscure.
authors: University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
authors: Matthew
authors: M
authors: Burton
authors: Philip
authors: P
authors: Anslow
authors: Winifred
authors: W
authors: Gray
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Donaghy
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009431:Neural Conduction; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed