DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i10.006

Pages: 3256-3265

An observational study of 50 patients was conducted on Siemens Magnetom VIDA Magnetic Resonance Imaging (3Tesla) for evaluation of lumbar plexus screening using 3D sequences. Out of total 50 patients, 23(46%) males and 27(54%) females (all age groups). Our study has shown the utility of the 3 sequences- VIBE, DESS and 3D SPACE in lumbar plexus screening. The lumbar plexus may be locally involved by extrinsic compression or infiltration or associated with systemic conditions such as metabolic, autoimmune, ischemic, vasculitis and inflammatory disorders. Local involvement occurs in neoplasms such as peripheral nerve sheath tumors, mesenchymal tumors, cervical cancer, uterine cancer, colorectal cancer and metastatic infiltration, tumor variants, such as perineuroma and amyloid, entities related to the psoas major muscle or greater sciatic notch, such as hematoma, abscess, endometriosis and aortic aneurysm.