title: [Obturator neuralgia (Howship-Romberg phenomenon)].
abstract: A 73-year-old patient with obturator neuropathy presenting as disabling thigh pain is described. The clinical diagnosis was verified by electromyography. No indication for surgery could be found. The patient's discomfort was not influenced by common pain-killers, but was relieved by the antipsychotic drug Melleril.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000209:etiology; D009776:Obturator Nerve; D013881:Thioridazine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D013881:Thioridazine
vernacular_title: Obturatorius-Neuralgie (Howship-Romberg-Phänomen).