Deep renal ectopia causing sciatic mononeuropathy

Childs Nerv Syst. 2014 Oct;30(10):1759-61. doi: 10.1007/s00381-014-2450-3. Epub 2014 Jun 6.

Abstract

Introduction: Sciatic mononeuropathy resulting from compression by an adjacent pelvic ectopic kidney has not been reported in the literature. Here, the authors present a case of a patient presenting with unilateral lower extremity paresthesia correlating to the sciatic nerve distribution.

Results: MRI examination demonstrated lumbosacral plexus compression by a very unusual deeply situated renal ectopia. Physicians should consider other rare causes of mechanical lumbosacral plexus compression in patients with sciatic symptomatology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amines / therapeutic use
  • Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use
  • Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Gabapentin
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Sciatic Neuropathy / etiology*
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Amines
  • Calcium Channel Blockers
  • Cyclohexanecarboxylic Acids
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • Gabapentin