L5 root compression caused by degenerative spinal stenosis of the L1-L2 and L2-L3 spaces.

Study Design: A severe bilateral L5 root lesion associated with spinal stenosis at L1-L2 and L2-L3 is described.

Objective: To describe clinical findings and the difficulty in obtaining a correct diagnosis of L5 Root Compression.

Summary Of Background Data: The disorder reported in this study has not been reported previously.

[Epidemiology and clinical evolutionary aspects of multiple sclerosis in Navarra].

In the present study 84 patients with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis were identified as living in Navarra on the date of prevalence (December 31, 1986). The raw yearly incidence rate was 0.49/100000, which is similar to that in Mediterranean countries.

Intermittent priapism in spinal stenosis.

A case of intermittent priapism with neurogenic claudication caused by spinal stenosis is reported. The symptoms disappeared completely after decompressive laminectomy.

[Purulent meningitis. Presentation of 47 cases].

We report 47 patients with purulent meningitis who were seen at our institution during the last 3 years. In 42.5% of patients an upper respiratory infection previous to the onset of the clinical features of meningitis was demonstrated.