Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma presenting as piriformis syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 419-422

  Ye, Byoung Seok ^a   Sunwoo, Il Nam ^a   Suh, Bum Chun ^b   Park, Jong Pil ^a   Shim, Dong Suk ^c   Kim, Seung Min ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Neurolymphomatosis; Piriformis syndrome; Sciatic nerve; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; RITUXIMAB; VINCRISTINE;

ACHILLES REFLEX; AGED; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUMBAR SPINE; LYMPHOMATOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLYMPHOMATOSIS; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; TENDON REFLEX; TENOTOMY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PIRIFORMIS MUSCLE SYNDROME; SCIATICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 77649098520     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21538     Document Type: Article

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