title: [Piriformis syndrome. A contribution to the differential diagnosis of lumbago and coccygodynia].
abstract: The piriformis syndrome is characterized by pain in the buttock radiating to the leg and to the coccydeal region. It is an isthmus syndrome of the N. ischiadicus and/or N. cutaneous femoris posterior. The most frequent causes are blunt traumas of the buttocks and spasms of the N. piriformis. More often than not the piriformis syndrome is the cause of a "postlaminectomy syndrome" or of a coccygodynia. The diagnosis can be established by a clinical examination with sufficient reliability.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie und Psychiatrie, Medizinischen Akademie Erfurt.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reichel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaerisch
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002081:Buttocks / Q000294:innervation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Das Piriformis-Syndrom. Ein Beitrag zur Differentialdiagnose von Lumbago und Kokzygodynie.