%0 Journal Article %A Omidi-Kashani, Farzad %A Sharifi Dalooei, Seyed Mohammad Ata %T Impending Discectomy in a Patient with Zoster Induced Sciatica An Instructive Case Report %J Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal %V 6 %N 2 %U http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-457-en.html %R %D 2015 %K Herpes zoster, Sciatica, Discectomy, %X Herpes zoster is a rare cause of non-discogenic sciatica. A combination of case rarity and name similarity was nearly leading to an inopportune surgery in a 21 years old woman. The clinical presentation was completely similar to a cauda equina syndrome associated with urinary incontinence and bilateral leg involvement. Concurrently, lumbosacral imaging of another patient with exactly similar name in the picture archiving communications system (PACS) has shown a huge L5-1 disc herniation. Careful attention to all diverse causes of sciatica and identifying details of the images could prevent improper discectomy in our patient. %> http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-457-en.pdf %P 133-135 %& 133 %! %9 News and Reports %L A-10-287-2 %+ Mashhad University of Medical Sciences %G eng %@ 2008-126X %[ 2015