The Korean Journal of Pain

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Diagnosis of Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome and Ultrasound Guided Steroid Injection

  • Hong, Ji Hee (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Ji Sub (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2013.03.19
  • Accepted : 2013.05.30
  • Published : 2013.10.01
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Abstract

A 64-year-old woman visited our pain clinic with the pain of right lateral side of thigh for one year. Her pain always started from knee and was radiated to buttock area when symptom was severe. She showed significant tenderness at knee lateral side and local tightness at lateral thigh. Magnetic resonance image of the knee was performed and we could identify high signal intensity of iliotibial band through coronal and axial view. In spite of medication and physical stretching exercise of iliotibial band for one month, she did not show any improvement of pain. To alleviate her symptom, ultrasound guided local corticosteroid injection targeting beneath the iliotibial band was performed. After the procedure, the reduction of pain was significant and there was no need for further management.

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