A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome
Fungal infections of the spine are very rare and usually seen in immunocompromised patients. Acute cauda equina syndrome presenting in an immunocompetent patient is usually due to a prolapse of the intervertebral disc. Infective pathology caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with epidural collectio...
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| author | Sumit Batra Sumit Arora Hemant Meshram Geetika Khanna Shabnam B Grover Vinod K Sharma |
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Fungal infections of the spine are very rare and usually seen in immunocompromised patients. Acute cauda equina syndrome presenting in an immunocompetent patient is usually due to a prolapse of the intervertebral disc. Infective pathology caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with epidural collection can also have a similar presentation. We present a case of spinal epidural abscess caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, presenting as acute cauda equina syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, spinal aspergillosis presenting as cauda equina syndrome in an immunocompetent patient has not been reported before in the English-language based medical literature. Surgical decompression with antifungal treatment with oral itraconazole yielded a good recovery.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e60b36bf0b9a48b88f413ceeddcce3bf2025-08-20T02:57:04ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802010-08-0150110.3855/jidc.1001A rare etiology of cauda equina syndromeSumit Batra0Sumit Arora1Hemant Meshram2Geetika Khanna3Shabnam B Grover4Vinod K Sharma5Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Associated Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaMaulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaCentral Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Associated Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaVardhman Mahavir Medical College and Associated Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaVardhman Mahavir Medical College and Associated Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaCentral Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Associated Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India Fungal infections of the spine are very rare and usually seen in immunocompromised patients. Acute cauda equina syndrome presenting in an immunocompetent patient is usually due to a prolapse of the intervertebral disc. Infective pathology caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with epidural collection can also have a similar presentation. We present a case of spinal epidural abscess caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, presenting as acute cauda equina syndrome. To the best of our knowledge, spinal aspergillosis presenting as cauda equina syndrome in an immunocompetent patient has not been reported before in the English-language based medical literature. Surgical decompression with antifungal treatment with oral itraconazole yielded a good recovery. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1001Cauda equina syndromefungal epidural abscessvertebral osteomyelitisaspergillosislaminectomy |
| spellingShingle | Sumit Batra Sumit Arora Hemant Meshram Geetika Khanna Shabnam B Grover Vinod K Sharma A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Cauda equina syndrome fungal epidural abscess vertebral osteomyelitis aspergillosis laminectomy |
| title | A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome |
| title_full | A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome |
| title_fullStr | A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome |
| title_short | A rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome |
| title_sort | rare etiology of cauda equina syndrome |
| topic | Cauda equina syndrome fungal epidural abscess vertebral osteomyelitis aspergillosis laminectomy |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1001 |
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