title: Cauda equina syndrome as a rare manifestation of leukemia relapse during postallograft period.
abstract: Here we report a 41-year-old woman with the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. While being followed on remission after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, she developed systemic and central nervous system (CNS) relapse. CNS involvement presented first with meningeal irritation signs and then with cauda equina syndrome (CES). We define an interesting presentation of CES as abdominal pain and discuss the rare coexistence of the syndrome and leukemia under the light of the pertinent literature.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. koralonal@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ibrahim Koral
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Onal
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shorbagi
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Göker
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Büyükasýk
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ozçakar
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tufan
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aksu
authors.forename: Ybrahim C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Haznedaroglu
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects