title: Traumatic lumbosacral nerve root avulsion: evaluation by MR imaging.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of traumatic lumbosacral nerve root avulsion and pseudomeningocele formation at multiple nerve root levels is presented. We report a case of this rare clinicopathologic entity identified by MR imaging in conjunction with more traditional lumbar myelography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, LA 70121.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Freedy
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Eick
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Granke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011630:Pubic Bone / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography; D012447:Sacrum / Q000293:injuries; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology