Extraspinal sciatica revealing late metastatic disease from parotid carcinoma.
Sciatica is a clinical symptom usually caused by a disk herniation and less often by other conditions such as tumors, infections, or inflammatory diseases. We report the case of a woman in whom sciatica led to the identification of a large pelvic metastasis from a carcinoma of the parotid gland.
Le Manac'h
Audrey Petit
AP
Service de rhumatologie, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers cedex, France.
Rousselet
Marie-Christine
MC
Massin
Philippe
P
Audran
Maurice
M
Levasseur
Régis
R
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000601:surgery; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012585:Sciatica / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome