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Case Reports
. 2003 Oct;32(10):590-3.
doi: 10.1007/s00256-003-0662-9. Epub 2003 Jul 15.

L5 radiculopathy due to sacral stress fracture

Anthony Aylwin  1 , Asif Saifuddin, Stuart Tucker
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L5 radiculopathy due to sacral stress fracture

Anthony Aylwin et al. Skeletal Radiol. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

We report the case of a 70-year-old man who presented with a history of left buttock pain with radiation into the left leg in an L5 distribution. MRI of the lumbar spine revealed a left sacral stress fracture with periosteal reaction involving the left L5 nerve root anterior to the sacral ala. With spontaneous healing of the fracture, the patient's symptoms resolved completely.

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