Sciatic nerve entrapment in a child. Case report.
A child was brought for evaluation of signs of unilateral chronic progressive sciatic nerve dysfunction found to be due to nerve entrapment in the thigh by a fibrovascular band. Sectioning of the band was followed by marked improvement in the nerve function. Compression by a band is a rare but treatable cause of sciatic neuropathy.
Venna
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Neurological Unit, Boston City Hospital, Massachusetts.
Bielawski
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Spatz
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000601:surgery*