title: [Neurinoma of the L3 spinal nerve root as a cause of stress-induced lumbo-ischialgias].
abstract: Degenerative diseases of the lumbar vertebral discs or the vertebral joints are the main causes of low back pain and sciatica following overstraining during sports activities. However, they are rarely seen in sportsmen engaged in competitive sports because these persons are mostly young and well-trained. Other neurological diseases are even rarer as possible causes of sciatica. That is why we report on a young athletic who is a short-distance hurdler (110m hurdle race) and has been suffering from a neurinoma of the spinal nerve root L3 with sciatica and pain in the knee as initial symptoms. Attention is drawn to the importance of neurological examinations as part of medical examinations conducted by sports physicians for the purpose of obtaining an overall guiding picture of the subjects' health status.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Klinik, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität, Berlin.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mellerowicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012585:Sciatica / Q000473:pathology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*; D013177:Sports
vernacular_title: Neurinom der Spinalnervenwurzel L3 als Ursache belastungsabhängiger Lumboischialgien.