Challenge: Where's the pain coming from?
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Where's the Pain? II
Challenge: Where's the pain coming from?
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A 50 year old woman presents with right leg pain. She complains of back pain radiating down the posterior aspect of her leg into the foot. Examination shows weakness of plantar flexion, leg extension, and toe flexion. There is no ankle reflect. Sensation is diminished on the posterior aspect of the leg and lateral foot.
Challenge: Where's the pain coming from?
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I put together these medical challenges. The cases are hypothetical and do not necessarily represent actual or typical presentations of medical diseases. Disclaimer is at the bottom of this page.
Challenge: Where's the pain coming from?
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3 comments:
lumbosacral radiculopathy caused by disc herniation on level L5-S1
there's a disc bulge with at least moderate central canal stenosis.
yes - nice
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Where’s the Pain? II
This is an S1 lumbosacral radiculopathy, most commonly caused by disc herniation or spondylosis. The image shows an L5-S1 disc herniation in the setting of degenerative disc disease.
Sources: UpToDate; openi.nlm.nih.gov.
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