title: Lumbosacral plexus lesions: correlation of clinical signs and computed tomography.
abstract: Neurological signs and computed tomographic morphology were compared in 60 patients. The primary neurological deficit was most commonly located in the sacral (n = 31) or lumbar plexus (n = 23) and was most commonly caused by a neoplasm (n = 40). In 78% of the patients it correlated with the lesions detected by computed tomography (CT). CT reliably demonstrates extraspinal mass lesions, but only moderately well predicts functional signs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vock
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mattle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mumenthaler
mesh_terms: D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000473:pathology