Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Query: UMLS:C0016199 (
flank pain
)
2,189
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 44 year old man complained of a left
flank pain
. The epidural block was performed. After two hours he suddenly experienced severe back pain, lower limb numbness and weakness of the legs. The physical examination revealed the flaccid paraplegia and the disturbance of pain and touch sensation. But his proprioceptive sensation was preserved. The paraplegia gradually disappeared and he had no neurological deficit. Judging from the unique
sensory disturbance
, the anterior spinal artery syndrome was suspected.
...
PMID:[Transient paraplegia following the epidural block]. 818 89
