Lumbosacral plexus lesions: correlation of clinical signs and computed tomography. Issue 1 (January 1988)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Vock, P; Mattle, H; Studer, M; Mumenthaler, M
• Is Part Of: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry. Volume 51:Issue 1(1988)
• Page Start: 72
• Page End: 79
• Publication Date: 1988-01
• Subjects: Neurology -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.51.1.72
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-3050

Abstract

Abstract : Neurological signs and computed tomographic morphology were compared in 60 patients. The primary neurological deficit was most commonly located in the sacral (n = 31) or lumbar plexus (n = 23) and was most commonly caused by a neoplasm (n = 40). In 78% of the patients it correlated with the lesions detected by computed tomography (CT). CT reliably demonstrates extraspinal mass lesions, but only moderately well predicts functional signs.