Sciatica is a symptom rather than a specific diagnosis. It usually consists in a radiating leg pain from the buttock\r\ntoward the knee, ankle, foot and toes. Pain could be associated with neurological deficit, such as muscle weakness\r\nand reflex deficit.\r\nThe prevalence of sciatica in spine pathology is highly variable with values ranging from 1.6% to 43%. Between\r\n70%-90% of the cases of herniated disc with nerve-root compression caused sciatica. Other causes are lumbar\r\ncanal or foraminal stenosis, tumours or cysts.\r\nWe present a case evaluated in our Pain Unit with left-sided sciatic pain after an intense voluntary movement two\r\nmonths ago. He was previously pharmacologically treated for a non-specific low back pain with pseudo-sciatica. One\r\nweek later buttock soft tissues sarcoma was diagnosed. He deceased two weeks after the diagnosis.
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