Pseudohipertrofia gemelar

Autor: Aurelio Hernández Laín, Rucadén Pérez Toledo, César Tabernero García, Pablo Antonio Zurita Prada, Claudia Lía Urrego Laurín, Regina Faré García
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Reumatología Clínica. 13:173-175
ISSN: 1699-258X
Popis: Calf pseudohypertrophy due to radiculopathy is an exceptional phenomenon rarely described. We report a 67 year old woman with a previous history of lumbar disc surgery consulting by progressive increase for more than a year of evolution painless right calf associated loss of strength. Electromyographic findings showed chronic S1 radiculopathy and radiologically was appreciated in the medial gastrocnemius and soleus rights substitution of normal muscle tissue by adipose tissue without evidence of myopathy or sarcomatous degeneration.
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