Lumbosacral plexopathy due to common iliac artery aneurysm misdiagnosed as intervertebral disc herniation

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 388-390

  You, Je Sung ^a,b   Park, Yoo Seok ^a   Park, Saehwan ^b   Chung, Sung Pil ^a,c  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan Fire Department Headquarters   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

iliac aneurysm; intervertebral disc herniation; lumbosacral plexopathy; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DERMATOME; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXOPATHY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; ILIAC ANEURYSM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SACRUM;

EID: 79954629530     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.11.070     Document Type: Article

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