Piriformis Syndrome a Common Cause of Buttocks Pain with Radiation to Lower Limb
Rachna Varma1, Sudheer Dara2, Minal Chandra3
1Chief Consultant Pain Physician, Medical Director, Epione centre of Pain relief and beyond, Varma Union Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452002, India. 2Chief and Director of Pain Medicine, Continental Hospitals, Telangana 500035, India. 3Consultant Pain Physician, Epione Centre of pain relief and Beyond Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500096, India.
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Piriformis muscle is a muscle of gluteal region. The Piriformis syndrome is caused by compression of sciatic nerve by the muscle as it passes through sciatic notch. The pain of Piriformis syndrome is neuropathic and is often confused with pain of prolapsed intervertebral disc. We report a case of chronic pain of one and a half years treated by giving an ultrasound guided injection of local anaesthetic and steroid.
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