The unique case of foot drop secondary to a large ovarian cyst.
We describe the unique case of a 58-year-old woman who presented with right leg radiculopathy caused by an ovarian cyst mimicking lumbar pathology. A review of the literature shows that this is a rare case where a histologically confirmed benign ovarian cystadenoma (of indeterminate type) is shown to cause foot drop and radiculopathy.
Department of Neurosurgical, The General Infirmary at Leeds , Leeds , UK.
Maleeha
M
Ahmad
Aditaya
A
Kumar
Simon
S
Thomson
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
foot drop; lumbosacral plexus; non-neurosurgical; ovarian cyst; radiculopathy