Magnetic resonance imaging of the sacral plexus and piriformis muscles

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 709-713

  Russell, J Matthew ^a   Kransdorf, Mark J ^b   Bancroft, Laura W ^b   Peterson, Jeffrey J ^b   Berquist, Thomas H ^b   Bridges, Mellena D ^b  

^a St Vincent's Medical Center Jacksonville   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; MRI; Piriformis muscle; Piriformis syndrome; Sacral plexus; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIRIFORM MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRAL PLEXUS; SACRUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUTTOCKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 46649087944     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-008-0486-8     Document Type: Article

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