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.2013 Dec 30;13(4):591-601.
doi: 10.1102/1470-7330.2013.0052.

Pelvic radiculopathies, lumbosacral plexopathies, and neuropathies in oncologic disease: a multidisciplinary approach to a diagnostic challenge

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Pelvic radiculopathies, lumbosacral plexopathies, and neuropathies in oncologic disease: a multidisciplinary approach to a diagnostic challenge

Nick Brejt et al. Cancer Imaging..

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to familiarize the reader with the anatomy of the major pelvic nerves and the clinical features of associated lumbosacral plexopathies. To demonstrate this we illustrate several cases of malignant lumbosacral plexopathy on computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography/computed tomography. A new lumbosacral plexopathy in a patient with a prior history of abdominal or pelvic malignancy is usually of malignant etiology. Biopsies may be required to definitively differentiate tumour from posttreatment fibrosis, and in cases of inconclusive sampling or where biopsies are not possible, follow-up imaging may be necessary. In view of the complexity of clinical findings often confounded by a history of prior surgery and/or radiotherapy, a multidisciplinary approach between oncologists, neurologists, and radiologists is often required for what can be a diagnostic challenge.

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The lumbosacral plexus and its branches.
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Previous rectal carcinoma (arrow) with neuropathic pain. Asymmetry of the presacral fat as a result of a small soft-tissue mass thought to be postsurgical change on diagnostic computed tomography (CT). Avid presacral metabolic activity confirms recurrent disease. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT are complementary investigations and should be considered if diagnostic CT is read as normal.
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(a) Sagittal and axial T2-weighted MR images show an extradural lymphomatous mass displacing and compressing the cauda equina (arrow). (b) Sagittal and axial T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced images show enhancing intradural acute myeloid leukemic deposits with thickened sacral nerve roots (arrow).
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Axial T1-weighted image shows lymphoma centred on the left obturator internus with thickening of the left sciatic nerve, which returns abnormal signal (arrow). Associated fatty atrophy of the left gluteus maximus can be seen.
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Figure 5
Axial T2-weighted images showing metastatic nodal disease from cervical carcinoma (arrow) compromising the right obturator nerve (a) with associated adductor muscle group atrophy (b) and muscle oedema conspicuous on short-tau inversion recovery images (c).
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Figure 6
Axial T1-weighted MR images show lymphoma displacing and compromising the femoral neurovascular bundle (arrowhead) with concomitant infiltration of the obturator internus (arrow).
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Figure 7
Axial contrast-enhanced CT image shows a large ascending colon mass with a peritumoral collection breaching the posterolateral abdominal wall in a patient with sensory loss in the ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerve distribution.
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Figure 8
Axial CT image (a) shows metastatic renal cell carcinoma centred on the right acetabulum with extraosseous spread involving the obturator internus and sciatic notch. Axial T1-weighted image (b) shows associated atrophy of the gluteus medius and maximus, consistent with involvement of the sciatic and superior and inferior gluteal nerves.
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Axial CT image (a) and axial T1-weighted image (b) of a patient with known melanoma presenting with signs of a sacral plexopathy. Images show diffuse metastatic infiltration of the sacrum with invasion of the left sacral foramina, with compression of the sacral nerve roots (arrows) best appreciated on the MR image.
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Axial T2-weighted image (a) and unenhanced CT and fused PET/CT images (b) show recurrent anal carcinoma involving the left pudendal nerve (arrows). PET/CT confirms the presence of metabolically active disease of the left pelvic side wall. The left gluteal muscle atrophy is related to previous disease recurrence involving the sciatic foramen, which was treated with radiotherapy.
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