Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Peripheral Nervous System Diseases > Nerve Compression Syndromes > Cauda Equina Syndrome
... > Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Peripheral Nervous System Diseases > Polyneuropathies > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Cauda Equina Syndrome
Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Cauda Equina Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Cauda Equina Syndrome
Nervous System Diseases > Demyelinating Diseases > Polyradiculoneuropathy > Cauda Equina Syndrome

Preferred term

Cauda Equina Syndrome  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Scope note

  • Compressive lesion affecting the nerve roots of the CAUDA EQUINA (e.g., compression, herniation, inflammation, rupture, or stenosis), which controls the function of the bladder and bowel. Symptoms may include neurological dysfunction of bladder or bowels, loss of sexual sensation and altered sensation or paralysis in the lower extremities.

History note

  • 2019; use Polyradiculopathy 2010-2018

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077684

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 7/9/18, last modified 6/14/18