Lumbar Spinal Chondroma Presenting with Acute Sciatica
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Lumbar Spinal Chondroma Presenting with Acute Sciatica
A 47-year-old woman visited with lumbago and severe left leg pain that had been presented for 1 week. The patient complained of severe radiating pain on left L3 sensory dermatome area and reported aggravation of leg pain at 20 degrees of hip flexion by straight leg raising test (SLRT). However, there was no motor weakness on neurological examination. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Spine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1738-2262,2093-6729
DOI: 10.14245/kjs.2013.10.4.252