Progressive Unilateral Foot Drop in a Child due to Neuromuscular Choristoma

An 8.5-year-old boy presented with a history of progressive unilateral foot drop. A contrast magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic girdle and the lumbosacral plexus revealed a diffuse fusiform thickening of the right lumbosacral trunk and the sciatic nerve in the intrapelvic and gluteal regions,...

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Published in:Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology 2024-09, Vol.27 (5), p.580-582
Main Authors: Passi, Gouri Rao, Maheshwari, Shailendra, Udani, Vrajesh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Diagnosis
Drop foot
Entrapment neuropathies
foot-drop
Health aspects
Lumbosacral region
Magnetic resonance imaging
neuromuscular choristoma
neuropathy
Pelvis
Sciatic nerve
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Summary:An 8.5-year-old boy presented with a history of progressive unilateral foot drop. A contrast magnetic resonance imaging of the pelvic girdle and the lumbosacral plexus revealed a diffuse fusiform thickening of the right lumbosacral trunk and the sciatic nerve in the intrapelvic and gluteal regions, with findings characteristic of a choristoma. Clinical and radiologic features as well as complications of this unusual entity are described.
ISSN:0972-2327
1998-3549
1998-3549
DOI:10.4103/aian.aian_226_24