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Abstract
A chronic PELVIC PAIN characterized by pain deep in the buttock that may radiate to posterior aspects of the leg. It is caused by the piriformis muscle compressing or irritating the SCIATIC NERVE due to trauma, hypertrophy, inflammation or anatomic variations.
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- Piriformis syndrome
- Muscle Syndrome, Piriformis
- Muscle Syndromes, Piriformis
- Piriformis Muscle Syndromes
- Piriformis syndromes
- Syndrome, Piriformis Muscle
- Syndromes, Piriformis Muscle
- syndrome, Piriformis
- syndromes, Piriformis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
2010
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Previous Indexing
- Nerve Compression Syndromes (1979-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Piriformis Muscle Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055958. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055958
- Piriformis Muscle Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piriformis_syndrome
- Piriformis Muscle Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q640569