Axial MRI of the Lumbar Spine - T2 weighted image at the L4 level. On this view centered over the L4-L5 disk, one can see well the cauda equina surrounded by CSF (note that CSF is bright on ...

(Left) Mid-sagittal view; (Right Top) Axial scan at the L3 level ... and the nerve roots of the cauda equina within the thecal sac, whereas in the lower scan, no CSF is seen and the nerve roots are ...

WHEN you are in pain, it can be tricky to decide whether to take serious action. Especially when the symptoms are not immediately debilitating. But there is one little-known condition, which can ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald ... Nicola Nicholls, who recently turned 53, developed Cauda Equina Syndrome after what seemed like an innocuous fall 13 years ago.

The patient developed symptoms and signs of cauda equina syndrome gradually despite repeated surgery and irradiation. The patient eventually died of complications of local recurrence and ...

Michelle Chapman, 45, from Melton, went to the Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) in May 2007 with suspected cauda equina syndrome - a type of nerve damage. A junior doctor sent her home and she now ...