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When sciatica is the unique clinical finding, especially in young patients, extraspinal pathology should be investigated.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We describe a rare case of sciatica in a 32-year-old man, which was developed as a complication of post-traumatic pelvic heterotopic ossification. During the operation, the sciatic nerve was found to be bluish, distorted and compressed in an hourglass fashion around a heterotopic bone mass. The heterotopic bone tissue, 4 cm in diameter, was removed and the patient had fully recovered 3 months after the operation.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In cases of sciatica without back pain, the possibility of direct pressure of the sciatic nerve from cysts, tumours or bone, as in the present case, should be considered.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1752-1947-2-298","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,9,10]],"date-time":"2008-09-10T18:13:34Z","timestamp":1221070414000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Sciatica due to extrapelvic heterotopic ossification: A case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"2","author":[{"given":"Elias C","family":"Panagiotopoulos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Spyros A","family":"Syggelos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Athanasios","family":"Plotas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gregorios","family":"Tsigkas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Panagiotis","family":"Dimopoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,9,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"485_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1345","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-199012000-00020","volume":"15","author":"H Alaranta","year":"1990","unstructured":"Alaranta H, Hurme M, Einola S, Falck B, Kallio V, Knuts LR, Lahtela K, Torma T: A prospective study of patients with sciatica. 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