Intravascular large B cell lymphoma presenting as an isolated cauda equina-conus medullaris syndrome-a case report and review of the literature of the neuroimaging features at onset.

Swann 8 reported that spinal tumors, especially in the region of the cauda equina and conus medullaris, can cause spontaneous spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage, although this occurrence is uncommon.

Cauda equina syndrome is a serious condition that occurs due to the compression of the nerves and nerve roots at the lower end of the spinal cord.

EVERY patient who has sustained an injury to the spinal cord, conus or cauda equina and is intelligent and co-operative has the right to expect infallible twenty-four-hour control of urination by t ...

Abnormal contrast enhancement also can be seen in the thickened cauda equina nerve roots. There is often cord compression, typically in the conus medullaris and the lower thoracic cord, such as in ...

Panels B and E show T2-weighted images at the level of the conus and cauda equina, respectively, with arrows pointing to thickened and clumping nerve roots.