Impending Discectomy in a Patient with Zoster Induced Sciatica An Instructive Case Report

Herpes zoster is a rare cause of non-discogenic sciatica. A combination of case rarity and name similarity was nearly leading to an inopportune surgery in a 21 years old woman. The clinical presentation was completely similar to a cauda equina syndrome associated with urinary incontinence and bilate...

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Main Authors: Farzad Omidi-Kashani, Seyed Mohammad Ata Sharifi Dalooei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Medical Sciences 2015-04-01
Series:Basic and Clinical Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-287-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1