Table 3.

Sciatica like syndromes and their mimics.

•Pyriformis syndrome43,49

•Hip adductor muscle tear(s),42

•Wallet neuritis44

•Ossified bone tissue (hip/femur)45

•Piriformis pyomyositis46

•SN endometriosis 47

•SN tumor 50

•Malignant invasion to SN50

•Oteitis condensans ilii (OCI)42

•Inflammatory sacroiliitis51

•Myofascial pain syndrome42

•Meralgia paraesthetica52,53

•Gluteal medius (GME) tendinitis, 42

•Post-injectional gluteal neuropathy,54

•Referred pain from the quadratus lumborum (QL) muscle42

•Cluneal nerve disorder55

•gemelli-obturator internus syndrome56

•ischiofemoral impingement syndrome 56

•proximal hamstring syndrome.56

•Sciatic nerve compression by venous varix.57,58

•Perineural Tarlov cysts59

•Fibromyalgia60

•Ossified sacrospinous ligament61,62