Sciatic neuritis as initial symptom of spontaneous clostridial myonecrosis

A 21-year-old woman is reported with aplastic anaemia, who presented with pain in The leg. Rapid loss of sciatic nerve function followed. MRI showed irregular streaks of low intensity in the muscles of the pelvic region. A diagnosis of sciatic neuritis as initial symptom of clostridial myonecrosis w...

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Published inClinical neurology and neurosurgery Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. 149 - 150
Main Authors Hoefnagels, W.A.J., Vielvoye, G.J., de Jonge, F.A.A., Peetermans, W.E.C., Wondergem, J.H.M., Roos, R.A.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 1991
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adult
aplastic anaemia
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gas Gangrene - complications
Gas Gangrene - diagnosis
Gas Gangrene - pathology
Humans
Leg - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Muscles - microbiology
Muscles - pathology
Neuritis - diagnosis
Neuritis - etiology
Neuritis - pathology
Neurology
sciatic nerve
Sciatic Nerve - pathology
aplastic anaemia
sciatic nerve
Clostridium
Human
Nervous system diseases
Aplastic anemia
Sex
Clostridiales
Necrosis
Case study
Etiology
Clostridiaceae
Young adult
Bacteria
Female
Muscle
Sciatica
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Summary:A 21-year-old woman is reported with aplastic anaemia, who presented with pain in The leg. Rapid loss of sciatic nerve function followed. MRI showed irregular streaks of low intensity in the muscles of the pelvic region. A diagnosis of sciatic neuritis as initial symptom of clostridial myonecrosis was made.
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ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/0303-8467(91)90057-V