1981
DOI: 10.3109/17453678108991762
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The Piriformis Muscle Syndrome:Sciatic Nerve Entrapment Treated with Section of the Piriformis Muscle

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“…Although it does not appear that piriformis syndrome is commonly caused by the anomalies mentioned here, there are a few cases reporting anomalies causing piriformis syndrome (Solheim et al, 1981;Chen and Wan, 1992;Ozaki et al, 1999;Kosukegawa et al, 2006). Because the symptoms and signs of intervertebral disc disease mimic those of piriformis syndrome, the diagnosis of intervertebral disc disease may serve as a red herring, causing unnecessary procedures to be performed on the lumbar spine.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Although it does not appear that piriformis syndrome is commonly caused by the anomalies mentioned here, there are a few cases reporting anomalies causing piriformis syndrome (Solheim et al, 1981;Chen and Wan, 1992;Ozaki et al, 1999;Kosukegawa et al, 2006). Because the symptoms and signs of intervertebral disc disease mimic those of piriformis syndrome, the diagnosis of intervertebral disc disease may serve as a red herring, causing unnecessary procedures to be performed on the lumbar spine.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The clinical features are similar to intervertebral disc herniations with patients suffering from low back, buttock, and post-thigh pain, with occasional neurological symptoms such as foot drop, and dysasthesia. In some cases, it can be due to congenital variations of the PM and the sciatic nerve (Solheim et al, 1981;Chen and Wan, 1992;Ozaki et al, 1999;Kosukegawa et al, 2006). The type of anatomical variation present may reflect the clinical presentation of piriformis syndrome such that a split nerve (anomaly ''B,'' ''C,'' or ''E'') may only involve the common peroneal nerve, whereas anomaly ''D'' or ''F'' may involve the entire sciatic nerve.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…En el aspecto clínico, este síndrome se caracteriza por historia de trauma sacroilíaco o glúteo, dolor en la unión sacroilíaca, dificultad para caminar, parestesia, masa en forma de salchicha sobre el musculo piriforme, exacerbaciones agudas que hacen detenerse o levantar por tracción la pierna afectada, signo de Lasegue positivo y atrofia glútea (Solheim et al, 1981;Bernard & Kirkaldy-Willis, 1987). El diagnóstico de este síndrome necesita de apoyo clínico, radiológico y neurofisiológico.…”
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“…Several case reports describe successful surgical treatment in a few patients [20,24], but longterm follow-up studies are lacking.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The syndrome has been treated by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), analgesics and muscle relaxants, physical therapy as postisometric stretching exercises [19], transrectal massage [26], ultrasound [6], injection of the muscle trigger point with local anaesthetics and corticosteroids [15,18,22,27], epidural-caudal steroid injection [14], rectal diathermy [23], and surgical division of the muscle [3,4,13,20,24].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%