Elsberg Syndrome-Crimson Publishers

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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