. Diseases of the nervous system : for the general practitioner and student. portion, Anesthesia to touch, pain and portion, thermo-anesthesia; shaded portion, reversed temperature sense. Fig. 98. Course, Prognosis.—In traumatic cases death may follow the injury,but usually the condition becomes chronic. The outlook is never favor-able, but much better in lesions of the cauda equina than of the involvement of the sphincters is permanent and eventually leads tothe consequences described in myelitis. Diagnosis.—It is very important to localiz
. Diseases of the nervous system : for the general practitioner and student. portion, Anesthesia to touch, pain and portion, thermo-anesthesia; shaded portion, reversed temperature sense. Fig. 98. Course, Prognosis.—In traumatic cases death may follow the injury,but usually the condition becomes chronic. The outlook is never favor-able, but much better in lesions of the cauda equina than of the involvement of the sphincters is permanent and eventually leads tothe consequences described in myelitis. Diagnosis.—It is very important to localize the lesion in the conus orin the cauda equina. In the first case operative procedures are impossible,while in the second case they are indicated. Lesions of cauda equina are usually very painful, the pain radiates to-ward the legs, the symptoms develop gradually. The pain is present be- DISSEMINATED SCLEROSIS 295 low the second lumbar vertebra; flexion of the thigh over the pelvis whilethe leg is extended provokes pain. The function of the bladder andrectum improves. On the other hand pain above the second lumbar verte-bra, well-mar
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