Ofelia-Costina Goidescu, Mihaly Enyedi, Adrian-Daniel Tulin, Raluca Tulin, Ileana Adela Vacaroiu, Adriana Elena Nica, Dorin Dragos, Dorin Ionescu, Dragos Georgescu, Adrian Miron, Florin-Mihail Filipoiu
The piriformis syndrome is one of the most commonly misdiagnosed causes of lower back and gluteal pain caused by the compression of the sciatic nerve and the internal pudendal neurovascular bundle by the piriformis muscle. Although this syndrome was first suggested over 90 years ago, its diagnosis still represents a challenge for clinicians. In the present study, dissection was used to determine the intra- and extrapelvic anatomical course of the internal pudendal nerve and the data were compared with the information obtainable through MRI examination, in order to identify the piriformis syndrome and to differentiate it from other causes of internal pudendal neuralgia...
February 2022: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine