Burst fracture of the first lumbar vertebra and conus-cauda syndrome complicating a single convulsive seizure: A challenge of diagnosis in the Emergency Department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-385

  Roohi, Fereydoon ^a   Fox, Andrew ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cauda equine; conus medullaris; epileptic seizure; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749534260     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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