Calf pseudohipertrophy.
Calf pseudohypertrophy due to radiculopathy is an exceptional phenomenon rarely described. We report a 67 year old woman with a previous history of lumbar disc surgery consulting by progressive increase for more than a year of evolution painless right calf associated loss of strength. Electromyographic findings showed chronic S1 radiculopathy and radiologically was appreciated in the medial gastrocnemius and soleus rights substitution of normal muscle tissue by adipose tissue without evidence of myopathy or sarcomatous degeneration.
Área de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario de Segovia, Segovia, España. Electronic address: pzurita@salucastillayleon.es.
Pablo Antonio
PA
Zurita Prada
Área de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario de Segovia, Segovia, España.
Regina
R
Faré García
Área de Reumatología, Complejo Hospitalario de Segovia, Segovia, España.
Claudia Lía
CL
Urrego Laurín
Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Complejo Hospitalario de Segovia, Segovia, España.
Rucadén
R
Pérez Toledo
Área de Neurología, Complejo Hospitalario de Segovia, Segovia, España.
César
C
Tabernero García
Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, España.
Aurelio
A
Hernández Laín
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007866:Leg; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
Calf pseudohipertrophy; Pseudohipertrofia gemelar; Radiculopathy; Radiculopatía