Anatomical variation of piriformis muscle as a cause of deep gluteal pain: diagnosis using MR neurography and treatment

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia

Giancarlo Cavalli Polesello¹  Marcelo Cavalheiro Queiroz¹  João Paulo Tavares Linhares¹  Denise Tokechi Amaral¹  Nelson Keiske Ono¹ 

关键词: Piriformis Muscle Syndrome Diagnosis Magnetic Resonance Imaging;    Endoscopy;    Síndrome do músculo piriforme;    Diagnóstico;    Imagem por ressonância magnética;    Endoscopia;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rboe.2012.09.001

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Female patient, 42 years old with a history of low back pain on the left for seventeen years in which the definitive diagnosis of the etiology of pain was evident after the completion of neurography magnetic resonance imaging of the sciatic nerve. In this test it was identified the presence of an anatomical variation in the relationship between the piriformis muscle and sciatic nerve. We discuss details of this imaging technique and its importance in the frames of refractory low back pain. We also describe the treatment given to the case.

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