title: Lumbosacral plexopathy due to common iliac artery aneurysm misdiagnosed as intervertebral disc herniation.
abstract: We report a case of lumbosacral plexopathy caused by an isolated aneurysm in the common iliac artery. The patient presented with low back and buttock pain radiating to the right leg and numbness in the L5 and S1 dermatomes. A computed tomography scan showed an aneurysm of the right common iliac artery. This case serves to increase awareness of the possibility of lumbosacral plexopathy in patients with symptoms of a prolapsed intervertebral disc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Je Sung
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: Yoo Seok
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Saehwan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sung Pil
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus; D008297:Male; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*