title: Problem in diagnostic imaging: a patient with sciatica.
abstract: This article presents the imaging findings in a patient with sciatica. The reader is invited to identify the labeled anatomical structures and the lesions present. The discussion focuses on the anatomy of the lumbar spine and the relative merits of the various methods of imaging a patient with sciatica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Manchester University, United Kingdom. JRankine@fs1.sdr.man.ac.uk
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rankine
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed