title: Cauda equina syndrome presenting as abdominal pain: a case report.
abstract: Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is an uncommon entity. Symptoms include bowel and bladder dysfunction, saddle anesthesia, and varying degrees of lower limb motor and sensory disturbances. The consequences of delayed diagnosis can be devastating, resulting in bowel and bladder incontinence and lower limb paralysis. There is little in literature regarding abdominal pain as a significant feature of the initial presentation of CES. We present the case of a 32-year-old woman with CES who presented to the emergency department with gradually worsening lower abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, St. Nessans Road, Dooradoyle, Co-Limerick, Ireland. prasad.ellanti@gmail.com
authors.forename: Prasad
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ellanti
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lenehan
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology