title: Lower Extremity Radicular Pain Caused by Entrapped Sigmoid Colon Between L5 and S1 Vertebrae.
abstract: Intestinal entrapment between two vertebral bodies is very rare. In all previous cases, it occurred by major trauma. However, the bowel entrapment between two vertebral bodies without trauma has never been reported, not to mention as the cause of lower extremity radicular pain. We describe the case of an 82-year-old female patient with right lower extremity radicular pain without recent trauma history. The patient was diagnosed sigmoid colon entrapment between the L5 and S1 vertebrae by lumbar spinal computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, and showed improvement in radicular pain after manual reduction of interpositioned colon during surgery. Intestinal entrapment between two vertebrae without trauma is caused by degenerative and vacuum changes of the intervertebral disc combined with the anterior longitudinal ligament injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sanghyung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Noh Kyoung
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung Jin
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong-Wook
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Dongjin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sun General Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sangkuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kang
keywords: Colon entrapmenttebrae; Intervertebral disc; Radiculopathy