A 65 year-old man presented with a three week history of progressive paraplegia and incontinence. He had a recent diagnosis of adenocarcinoma of the lung. Cauda Equina Compression: Sagittal MRI scan ...

A 72 year-old woman presented with progressive pain, weakness and sensory loss in the left leg. Her examination showed weakness of ankle and toe dorsiflexion as well as ankle eversion on the left.

Various nerves control bladder and bowel function, including the spinal cord, cauda equina, pudendal nerves, and the enteric nervous system, a nerve network in the walls of the digestive tract. These ...