Hypertrophy and pseudohypertrophy of the lower leg following chronic radiculopathy and neuropathy: imaging findings in two patients.
Enlargement of the ipsilateral muscle compartment is an exceptional finding in patients with chronic radiculopathy, peripheral nerve injury, anterior horn cell diseases, or acquired peripheral neuropathy. We report radiographic, ultrasonographic, CT and MRI findings in a patient with chronic S1 radiculopathy and another with chronic neuropathy of the common fibular nerve (L4-S2), both presenting with painless enlargement of the calf muscles.
De Beuckeleer
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp (University of Antwerp), Edegem, Belgium.
Vanhoenacker
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De Schepper
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Seynaeve
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De Schepper
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007866:Leg; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D010543:Peroneal Nerve; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed