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Descriptor English:   Piriformis Muscle Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome del Músculo Piriforme 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome do Músculo Piriforme 
Tree Number:   C10.597.617.682.675
C10.668.829.500.675.399
C10.668.829.550.500
C10.668.829.600.675
C23.888.592.612.664.675
C23.888.592.612.944.750
Definition English:   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. 
History Note English:   2010 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   53520 
Unique Identifier:   D055958 

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