Beyond Radiculopathy: A Missed Sciatic Nerve Sheath Tumor Mimicking Radicular Pain

Friday, November 14, 2025

5:35 PM - 5:43 PM CT

Location: 301 - 302

Introduction: Lumbar radiculopathy commonly causing lower extremity pain is often attributed to degenerative spinal pathology[2]. However, when patients fail to respond to conventional treatments, it is imperative to reassess the diagnosis and consider less common etiologies. This case highlights a patient initially diagnosed and treated for lumbar radiculopathy who continued to experience progressive symptoms despite multiple interventional and conservative therapies. Further investigation ultimately revealed a sciatic nerve tumor as the underlying cause of the persistent pain.

Submitting Author(s)

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Antoine Sioufi, MD

Fellow Physician
Cook County Health
chicago, Illinois, United States

Co-Author(s)

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Ramsis Ghaly, MD

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, Neurocritical Care and Pain Management
Cook County Health and Ghaly Neurosurgical Associates, United States
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Taruna Penmetcha, MD

Program Director, Pain Management
Cook County Health, United States