Case 4-1996

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Presentation of CaseA 40-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of the recent onset of paraplegia.Two weeks before admission progressive low back pain developed, which soon radiated to the posterior surfaces of both legs and later to the anterior surfaces. During the next several days the patient had difficulty getting out of the bathtub.Eleven days before admission the pain increased, and urinary retention developed. No motor deficit was detected at another hospital, where radiographs of the lumbar spine showed mild dextroscoliosis, and a computed tomographic (CT) scan, without the intravenous injection of contrast material, revealed a . . .

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