Pseudohypertrophy of the calf following S1 radiculopathy.
Development of unilateral calf enlargement following chronic S1 radiculopathy occurred in a 39-year-old woman. Computed tomographic examination of the leg musculature showed that the calf enlargement was due to pseudohypertrophy, as the increased area in the posterior leg muscles showed a decrease in density.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007866:Leg; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots