title: Clinical reasoning: a case of slowly progressive painful paraparesis.
authors.affiliation: From the Institute of Neurology (M.C., F.C., V.D.L.), Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery (V.D.), and Institute of Radiology (C.Q.), Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome; Fondazione Alberto Sordi-Research Institute for Ageing (F.C., V.D.L.); and the Institute of Radiology (C.C.), Institute of Neurosurgery (G.M.), Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corbetto
authors.forename: Fioravante
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Denaro
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quattrocchi
authors.forename: Cesare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Colosimo
authors.forename: Giulio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maira
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Lazzaro
mesh_terms: D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006547:Hernia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D020335:Paraparesis; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*