Abstract:Although diabetic lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy (LSRPN) is a well-known disease, clinical knowledge about non-diabetic idiopathic LSRPN is quite inadequate. LSRPN is rarely seen and does not require surgical treatment. If the accurate diagnosis is not considered, surgical treatment of radiculopathy or discopathy is inevitable, with sudden onset of low back and leg pain and loss of lower extremity muscle strength. Despite the common diagnosis of isolated femoral nerve neuropathy cases in LSRPN, rare cas… Show more
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