title: Clinics in diagnostic imaging (140). Iatrogenic sciatic nerve injury secondary to intramuscular injection.
abstract: A 77-year-old Chinese female patient presented with acute onset of left lower limb paraesthesia and weakness after she received an intramuscular injection for pain relief in the gluteal region. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of her lumbosacral spine and sacral plexus was performed. The MR imaging findings are reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. rulez_1@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Marcus Jian Fu
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Gavin Hock Tai
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Pin Lin
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Kei
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020426:Sciatic Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology