Common peroneal nerve entrapment in a hemophiliac.
Traumatic neuropathies of the common peroneal nerve at the head of the fibula are relatively common, but nerve entrapment at this site is rarely encountered. A 55-year-old man with hemophilia A in whom common peroneal nerve entrapment occurred secondary to a probable muscle hematoma is described.
D006406:Hematoma; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000293:injuries; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D010543:Peroneal Nerve