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Skeletal Radiology
Published in: Skeletal Radiology 6/2015

01-06-2015 | Test Yourself: Answer

Positional right hip and thigh pain

Authors: Taylor J. Stone, Jenny T. Bencardino, Zehava S. Rosenberg

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 6/2015

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Magnetic resonance (MR) images demonstrate a hernia sac in the infrapiriformis greater sciatic foramen containing nonobstructed bowel loops and exerting mass upon the sciatic nerve, which is displaced and flattened, but maintains normal signal intensity. There is no edema within the herniated mesentery and no evidence of bowel obstruction. Note the dependent fluid and nondependent gas within the bowel. Incidentally noted are numerous small marrow-replacing lesions within the sacrum in this patient with metastatic cancer. …
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Metadata
Title
Positional right hip and thigh pain
Authors
Taylor J. Stone
Jenny T. Bencardino
Zehava S. Rosenberg
Publication date
01-06-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Skeletal Radiology / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-014-2077-1

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