Richter R L, Semble E L, Turner R A, Challa V R
Department of Medicine/Rheumatology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
J Rheumatol. 1990 Jul;17(7):975-8.
Neurologic sequelae of Paget's disease of bone include involvement of the spinal cord or cauda equina due to mechanical compression by enlarged vertebrae, ischemia caused by a spinal artery, steal syndrome or neoplasm. We describe a patient with Paget's disease of bone who presented with acute cauda equina syndrome due to a spinal epidural hematoma. Clinicians need to recognize this entity since surgical intervention may result in a favorable outcome.