Sciatica due to pelvic hematoma: case report

Romanian Neurosurgery

Hakan Yilmaz¹  Muhammet Bahadir Yilmaz²  Umit Kocaman² 

[1] Corresponding authorUsak State Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Usak, Turkey;University of Izmir of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Izmir, TurkeyOther articles by this author:

关键词: Lumbosacral plexopathy;    pelvic hematoma;    sciatica;   

DOI  :  10.1515/romneu-2016-0080

学科分类：精神健康和精神病学

来源: Romanian Society of Neurosurgery

【 摘 要 】

Sciatica is defined as pain in the sciatic nerve distribution. The most common reason of sciatica is radiculopathy due to lumbar disc hernia. Other causes can be congenital, acquired, infectious, neoplastic, or inflammatory. The piriformis syndrome is another cause. The pain starts in an insidious manner when the cause of sciatica is an extraspinal tumor. It is intermittent at first but a constant and progressive pain that does not decrease with position or rest gradually develops in all patients. The possibility of an intraabdominal or pelvic mass should always be considered and the relevant tests requested when the cause of the sciatica cannot be explained. We present an 83-year-old male who presented with non-traumatic and non-vascular lumbosacral plexopathy due to a large hematoma in the left adductor muscle following the use of warfarin sodium.

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