Letter to the editor involving the article ‘Piriformis muscle syndrome: A cross-sectional imaging study in 116 patients and evaluation of therapeutic outcome’

Key Points • Lack of use of local injection test to confirm the diagnosis may lead to miss the diagnosis of PMS of myofascial origin. • Piriformis muscle syndrome should be diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms, specific physical examinations, and positive response to local injection. • Sciati...

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Published in:European radiology 2018-12, Vol.28 (12), p.5354-5355
Main Authors: Misirlioglu, Tugce Ozekli, Palamar, Deniz, Akgun, Kenan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis
Diagnostic Radiology
Disease Management
Entrapment
Humans
Imaging
Injection
Internal Medicine
Interventional Radiology
Letter to the Editor
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Muscles
Neuroradiology
Physical examinations
Piriformis Muscle Syndrome - diagnosis
Piriformis Muscle Syndrome - therapy
Radiology
Sciatic nerve
Sciatic Nerve - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
Ultrasound
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Summary:Key Points • Lack of use of local injection test to confirm the diagnosis may lead to miss the diagnosis of PMS of myofascial origin. • Piriformis muscle syndrome should be diagnosed on the basis of clinical symptoms, specific physical examinations, and positive response to local injection. • Sciatic nerve entrapment is not a must in the diagnosis of PMS and PMS is mostly myofascial in origin.
ISSN:0938-7994
1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s00330-018-5554-4