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Acta Neurologica Belgica
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica 1/2019

01-03-2019 | Letter to the Editor

Post-dengue sacral radiculitis presenting as a cauda equina syndrome: a case report

Authors: Serena Borrelli, Eleonore Sinzobahamvya, Charlotte Smetcoren, Steven Van Den Broucke, Michel Gille

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 1/2019

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A healthy 35-year old Belgian woman developed an acute febrile illness with headaches, arthralgias, myalgias, pain in the eyes, and diarrhea after mosquito bites during a 9-day stay in Brazil. 2 months later, she complained of acute dysuria with perineal and bilateral gluteal pain and numbness radiating to the posterior side of the right tight. She was treated with furadantin and miconazole gynaecological cream for cystitis and presumed vaginal mycosis. Cystoscopy was normal. Sus-pubian echography showed a post-mictional vesical residue of 350 ml. …
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Metadata
Title
Post-dengue sacral radiculitis presenting as a cauda equina syndrome: a case report
Authors
Serena Borrelli
Eleonore Sinzobahamvya
Charlotte Smetcoren
Steven Van Den Broucke
Michel Gille
Publication date
01-03-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-017-0784-9

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