title: Cauda equina compression syndrome in a child due to lumbar disc herniation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cauda equina syndrome with sphincter dysfunction is an uncommon and feared complication of lumbar disc herniation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Lumbar disc disease in the pediatric age has been reported infrequently, but to the best of our knowledge, this is the first pediatric case of acute lumber disc herniation presenting with caudal compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. kadirkotil@ixir.com
authors.forename: Kadir
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kotil
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akçetin
authors.forename: Turgay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bilge
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods