Many etiologies may cause sciatica, and intra-abdominal masses usually affect the lumbosacral plexus by local invasion or distal metastases. Lumbosacral plexopathy caused by compression of intra-abdominal tumors instead of invasion is rarely seen. A 67-year-old woman had a 3-month history of progressive neurogenic claudication, lumbago and left L5 radiculopathy with foot drop. Nocturia and prog...

In Korea and China, Cudrania tricuspidata Bureau (Moraceae) is an important traditional medicinal plant used to treat lumbago, hemoptysis, and contusions. The C. tricuspidata methanol extract suppressed both production of NO and PGE₂ in BV2 microglial cells. Cudraflavanone D (1), isolated from this extract, remarkably suppressed the protein expression of inducible NO synthase and cyclooxygenase...

Metastasis of one neoplasm to another is also known as metastasis of "tumor to tumor", "cancer to cancer", "tumor in tumor", and "one to another". We describe the case of a 75-year-old woman with the metastasis of signet-ring cell carcinoma of the stomach to clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Six years earlier, the patient had undergone gastrectomy for early gastric cancer. She complained of lumb...

We report a peculiar case in an 80-year-old man with multiple bone metastases due to the recurrence of thymic carcinoid tumor after surgical resection and radiation therapy ten years earlier. He was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of lumbago. Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) PET was useful for recognition of multiple bone metastases due to the recurrence of thymic carcinoid tumor, while...

Superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is a very uncommon disorder. We report a rare case of spinal ependymoma in a 58-year-old man whose main complaints at presentation were recent lumbago and headache, and he was evaluated to confirm suspected spinal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). After cerebrospinal fluid analysis and imaging studies the patient was diagnosed with SAH and superf...

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...

Paragangliomas are benign tumors of neuroendocrine origin affecting the adrenal glands most frequently. Extra-adrenal paragangliomas (EAPs) are rare. Most EAPs are derived from carotid body or the jugular bulb.1 Paragangliomas affecting the spine are extremely rare.2 Spinal paragangliomas tend to affect the lumbar spine more often than other parts of the spine. Cauda equine paragangliomas (CEPs...

or quick movement of the muscles affected, at other times first noticed in moving from a position of rest. There is no warning of the first attack, but recurrences may be preceded for a day or two by some stiffness and slight aching of the parts. The pain is felt on any attempted active movement of the lower half of the trunk, especially on rotation or extension; it seems to spread from the spi...

In an investigation of the effect of heavy physical work on the back 217 concrete reinforcement workers aged 25-54 and a reference group of 202 house painters of similar age were interviewed about their back symptoms. Data on occupational history, accidents, and leisure time activities were collected with a questionnaire. The cumulative incidence rate of sciatic pain was significantly higher am...

Although blood contamination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after an intracranial operation can occur, the development of a symptomatic spinal hematoma after craniotomy has been anecdotally reported and it is uncommon reported after a supratentorial meningioma removal operation. We report a case of spinal subdural hematoma following a supratentorial meningioma removal operation and discuss the me...