Unusual Relationship between the Piriform Muscle and Sciatic, Inferior Gluteal and Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerves

Piriformis muscle syndrome has been increasingly recognized as a cause of leg pain. Overuse, strain, or anatomical variations of the relationship between the nerve and the piriformis muscle are thought to be the underlying causes of the entrapment of the sciatic nerve. We report a variation not prev...

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Main Authors: Jacomo,A. L, Martinez,C. A. R, Saleh,S. O, Andrade,M, Akamatsu,F. E
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2014
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022014000200008
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