CT-directed perineural infiltration in the localization of radicular pain in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
Computed tomography-guided infiltration of lumbar or sacral nerve roots with local anaesthetic can be a valuable aid in localizing the spinal level from which radicular pain originates especially when multiple abnormalities are present. This is illustrated by the case of a young woman with neurofibromatosis complaining of sciatica.
Higgins
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Department of Radiology, Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, Hampstead, London, UK.
Valentine
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Bradford
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