title: Electromyographic findings in ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve entrapment syndrome.
abstract: The ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve entrapment syndrome is a recognised cause of, usually chronic, lower abdominal pain. Diagnosis is based upon a typical clinical triad and relief of pain by injection of a local anaesthetic. In the present study we assessed the value of abdominal muscle electromyography in 41 patients with a clinical syndrome suggestive of ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve entrapment. Electromyographic abnormalities were detected in 15 of 25 cases (60%) with definite diagnosis and in 6 of 16 (37%) of those with probable diagnosis of ilioinguinal-iliohypogastric nerve entrapment syndrome. The rather low sensitivity and the clinical value of this technique are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals K. U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Knockaert
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Boonen
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Bruyninckx
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bobbaers
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000328:Adult; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local