Granulocytic sarcoma: a rare cause of sciatica

We describe a case report of a man aged 56 years with a 4-month history of right-sided sciatica-type pain with subclinical disc prolapse evident on MRI. Worsening pain together with the appearance of a tender mass in his right buttock prompted further imaging, which demonstrated an infiltrative mass...

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Autores principales: Valsamis, Epaminondas Markos, Glover, Thomas Edward
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Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5318607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-219009
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description We describe a case report of a man aged 56 years with a 4-month history of right-sided sciatica-type pain with subclinical disc prolapse evident on MRI. Worsening pain together with the appearance of a tender mass in his right buttock prompted further imaging, which demonstrated an infiltrative mass engulfing the lumbosacral plexus. This was later shown to be a granulocytic sarcoma on biopsy. Intervertebral disc herniation can be an incidental finding and is not always the cause of sciatica.
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spelling pubmed-53186072017-02-27 Granulocytic sarcoma: a rare cause of sciatica Valsamis, Epaminondas Markos Glover, Thomas Edward BMJ Case Rep Article We describe a case report of a man aged 56 years with a 4-month history of right-sided sciatica-type pain with subclinical disc prolapse evident on MRI. Worsening pain together with the appearance of a tender mass in his right buttock prompted further imaging, which demonstrated an infiltrative mass engulfing the lumbosacral plexus. This was later shown to be a granulocytic sarcoma on biopsy. Intervertebral disc herniation can be an incidental finding and is not always the cause of sciatica. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5318607/ /pubmed/28202486 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-219009 Text en 2017 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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