Lumbar nerve root avulsion following trauma: balanced fast field-echo MRI

F J Hans; M H Reinges; T Krings

doi:10.1007/s00234-003-1139-1

Lumbar nerve root avulsion following trauma: balanced fast field-echo MRI

Neuroradiology. 2004 Feb;46(2):144-7. doi: 10.1007/s00234-003-1139-1. Epub 2003 Dec 18.

Authors

F J Hans¹, M H Reinges, T Krings

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of the Technical University Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52057 Aachen, Germany.

PMID: 14685798
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1139-1

Abstract

Lumbosacral nerve root avulsion uncommonly complicates major trauma. Most patients also have pelvic or lumbar fractures. We present a patient who had a high-velocity vehicle accident with traumatic hip dislocation without fractures of the spine or pelvis. MRI demonstrated lumbosacral traumatic pseudomeningoceles. We used balanced fast field echo and MR myelography to make the diagnosis and show the extent of the pseudomeningocele.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Image Enhancement*
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
Leg / innervation*
Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
Lumbosacral Plexus / injuries*
Lumbosacral Plexus / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Meningocele / diagnosis*
Multiple Trauma / diagnosis*
Myelography*
Radiculopathy / diagnosis*
Sacrum / pathology
Sciatic Nerve / injuries*
Sciatic Nerve / pathology
Spinal Nerve Roots / injuries
Spinal Nerve Roots / pathology