title: Cauda equina-penetrating injury in a child. Case report.
abstract: The authors report the case of a 10-year-old boy who sustained an injury to the cauda equina as a result of the accidental penetration of a wooden pencil into the spinal canal. After neuroimaging evaluation to exclude visceral and vascular lesions, the foreign body was removed and the wound was repaired. This is the first report of a cauda equina injury caused by a pencil.
authors.affiliation: Regional Service of Neurosurgery, Service of Pediatrics, and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, El Palmar, Spain.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piqueras
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Almagro
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ros De San Pedro
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Torres Tortosa
authors.forename: Agueda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrera
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*