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My 42 y.o. son experienced sudden onset lower parapalegia that resolved after 24 hrs. he now has u-shaped marks on buttocks, pain and numbness in leg ?

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Disconcerting: This needs a thorough and immediate evaluation, as could be due to problems with blood vessel flow, pathology in the spinal cord or lumbar stenosis, and cannot exclude inflammatory problems. See a neurologist or a neurosurgeon asap. This is not something for watchful waiting.

Answered 12/6/2012

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Urgent: I suggest getting a spine MRI asap and seeing a physician. Causes range from a TIA from the brain to spinal disease. It could be an acute compression of the spine or from vascular injury or cancer. It could be infectious. But it is a warning and needs urgent work up.

Answered 7/24/2017

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