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Here, we report a patient with atypical Baastrup\u2019s disease and lumbar spinal stenosis who presented with a cauda equina syndrome.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st2\">\n<jats:title>Case Description:<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>A 67-year-old male presented with low back pain of 1 year\u2019s duration. This exacerbated over the past 3 weeks, becoming associated with the left lower limb numbness\/weakness and bladder dysfunction. The lumbar magnetic resonance (MR) showed atypical Baastrup\u2019s disease characterized by multiple ill-defined areas of contrast enhancement in the paraspinal region in conjunction with lumbar canal stenosis. The patient underwent lumbar decompression and exhibited improvement in his neurological deficits postoperatively.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"st3\">\n<jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>This case highlights the atypical MR features of lumbar Baastrup\u2019s disease in conjunction with stenosis. Atypical Baastrup\u2019s disease should be differentiated from classical Baastrup\u2019s disease or other infectious pathologies (e.g., Pott\u2019s disease of the spine) and appropriately treated with timely spinal decompression.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.25259\/sni_467_2019","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,10,11]],"date-time":"2019-10-11T03:35:39Z","timestamp":1570764939000},"page":"198","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25259\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Atypical variant of Baastrup\u2019s disease with lumbar stenosis and cauda equina syndrome"],"prefix":"10.25259","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Kartikeya","family":"Shukla","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jaskaran 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