Elsberg Syndrome by Ghassan George Haddad in Techniques in Neurosurgery & Neurology
Elsberg syndrome (ES) is an infectious syndrome
consisting of acute bilateral lumbosacral radiculitis, often accompanied
by myelitis confined to the lower spinal cord, and is frequently a
manifestation of reactivation, or occasionally, primary herpes simplex
virus 2 infection [1]. The onset of ES is consistently acute and symptoms
includes: Urinary retention, urinary incontinence, bowel incontinence,
saddle anesthesia, exaggerated/pathologic lower limb tendon reflexes or
absent lower limb tendon reflexes, Loss of limb sensation and Leg
weakness [2].
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