Rheumatoid iliopsoas bursitis presenting as unilateral femoral nerve palsy.
A 65-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) developed symptomatic compression of the femoral nerve secondary to an iliopsoas bursitis. Her adjacent hip joint was not severely affected by arthritis. This entity should be included among the entrapment neuropathies complicating RA.
Létourneau
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Department of Medicine, l'Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.
Dessureault
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Carette
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D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002062:Bursitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed