Seyed Mohammad Ata Sharifi Dalooei

[ 1 ] - Impending Discectomy in a Patient with Zoster Induced Sciatica An Instructive Case Report

Herpes zoster is a rare cause of non-discogenic sciatica. A combination of case rarity and name similarity was nearly leading to an inopportune surgery in a 21 years old woman. The clinical presentation was completely similar to a cauda equina syndrome associated with urinary incontinence and bilateral leg involvement. Concurrently, lumbosacral imaging of another patient with exactly simila...