An unusual cause of sciatic pain.
We describe a 47-year-old woman with sciatic neuropathy caused by compression of the sacral plexus by posterior shift of the uterus.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.
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Murata
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Takahashi
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Murakami
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Moriya
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012446:Sacroiliac Joint / Q000473:pathology; D012585:Sciatica / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014599:Uterus / Q000473:pathology