title: Pain in the distribution of the femoral nerve: early evidence of recurrence of a retroperitoneal sarcoma.
abstract: Pain in the distribution of the femoral nerve following resection of a retroperitoneal sarcoma may signify tumor recurrence and should require exploration of the nerve to its origin from the spine in order to rule out a small, undetectable recurrence by CT scan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Zografos
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Karakousis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery