A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report

Anatomical variation of neuromuscular structures of the gluteal region is common. The piriformis muscle, in particular, has an important relationship with the sciatic nerve and may be associated with distinct clinical conditions. We report an incidental finding of unilateral piriformis muscle agenes...

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Autores principales: Caetano, Antonio P, Seeger, Leanne L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6687422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31417830
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4887
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description Anatomical variation of neuromuscular structures of the gluteal region is common. The piriformis muscle, in particular, has an important relationship with the sciatic nerve and may be associated with distinct clinical conditions. We report an incidental finding of unilateral piriformis muscle agenesis diagnosed on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, a rare anatomical variant of the gluteal region.
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spelling pubmed-66874222019-08-15 A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report Caetano, Antonio P Seeger, Leanne L Cureus Radiology Anatomical variation of neuromuscular structures of the gluteal region is common. The piriformis muscle, in particular, has an important relationship with the sciatic nerve and may be associated with distinct clinical conditions. We report an incidental finding of unilateral piriformis muscle agenesis diagnosed on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, a rare anatomical variant of the gluteal region. Cureus 2019-06-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6687422/ /pubmed/31417830 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4887 Text en Copyright © 2019, Caetano et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report
title A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report
title_full A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report
title_fullStr A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report
title_short A Rare Anatomical Variant of Unilateral Piriformis Muscle Agenesis: A Case Report
title_sort rare anatomical variant of unilateral piriformis muscle agenesis: a case report
topic Radiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6687422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31417830
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4887
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