Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Complicated Diverticulitis

A 58-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with cauda equina syndrome and sepsis. The symptoms were attributed to a complicated episode of sigmoid diverticulitis. MRI showed that the diverticulitis had caused an intra-abdominal fistula to a presacrally localized abscess expanding into...

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Published in:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Main Authors: M. ter Horst, M.A.W. Stam, D.E. Bouman, J.M. Klaase
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-10-01
Subjects:
Fistula
Cauda equina syndrome
Complicated diverticulitis
Colonic diverticulitis
Sigmoid
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355940

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