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Development of unilateral calf enlargement following chronic S1 radiculopathy occurred in a 39-year-old woman. Computed tomographic examination of the leg musculature showed that the calf enlargement was due to pseudohypertrophy, as the increased area in the posterior leg muscles showed a decrease in density.
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de Visser, M., Verbeeten, B. & Lyppens, K.C.H. Pseudohypertrophy of the calf following S1 radiculopathy. Neuroradiology 28, 279–280 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00548206
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00548206