Schweizerische Rundschau für Medizin Praxis = Revue suisse de médecine Praxis
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Schweiz. Rundsch. Med. Prax. · Feb 1990
Case Reports[The piriformis syndrome--a possible cause of sciatica].
In a 50-year-old patient with unilateral pain in the buttocks and in the sciatica, a radicular compression syndrome was diagnosed. Because conservative therapy failed, surgical intervention for herniated disc was suggested. ⋯ Through specific stretch exercises, quick recovery was effected. Based on this case report, typical clinical diagnoses and therapeutical possibilities for the piriformis syndrome are discussed.
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The 26-year-old man experienced symptoms of chronic airway obstruction with shortness of breath, cough and wheezing, which primarily led to a diagnosis of asthma bronchiale. Absence of adequate response to antiasthmatic treatment and development of hemoptysis and weight loss led to the tentative diagnosis of upper airway obstruction by tumor. Bronchoscopy revealed adenoid cystic carcinoma of the distal trachea.