Document Type : Case Report(s)

Authors

• Farzad Omidi-Kashani ¹
• Ebrahim Ghayem Hasankhani ¹
• Mahdi Fathi ²

¹ Department of Orthopaedic, Orthopaedic Research Center, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

² Department of Anaesthesiology, Imam Reza hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Non-discogenic sciatica can be caused by any lesion along the course of the lumbosacral nerve roots and sciatic nerve. We aim to present a rare case of refractory sciatica in an otherwise healthy 25-year-old man. He complained of left leg pain without significant back pain. Extensor hallucis longus muscle was weak on the left side with limited straight leg rising. On magnetic resonance imaging, a space-occupying lesion resembling a sequestrated disc was noted that after surgical decompression, epidural varicosis was demonstrated.

Keywords

• Epidural varicosis
• Non-discogenic sciatica
• Leg pain
• Surgery