title: Lumbosacral plexus avulsion injury: clinical, myelographic and computerized tomographic features.
abstract: A rare case of lumbosacral plexus avulsion studied with computerized tomography (CT) in a 5-year old Saudi involved in a vehicular accident with resultant left lower limb monoparesis is presented. Myelography and CT were superior to electromyographic findings in this case. Such cases should be closely followed and surgical exploration and decompression offered if any evidence of cauda equina compression develops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kolawole
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Hawass
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Badr
authors.forename: N U
authors.initials: NU
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed