Unusual branching in lumbar plexus: case report.
This article describes a complex bilateral variation in the formation of lumbar plexus in a 32 year old male cadaver. On the left side the plexus was postfixed and located posterior to the psoas major muscle. The femoral nerve was formed by the union of anterior rami of the second, third, fourth and fifth lumbar spinal nerves. On the right side, the lumbar plexus was prefixed. The lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh was formed by the union of the anterior rami of the first and second lumbar spinal nerves. The femoral nerve formed by branches from the first, second, third and fifth lumbar spinal nerves while the obturator nerve was formed by the union of the first, second and third lumbar spinal nerves. The right lumbar plexus was located in the substance of the psoas major muscle. In the present case, the formation of branches of the lumbar plexus were different from the previous data present in the literature.
Erbil
K M
KM
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Onderoğlu
S
S
Başar
R
R
D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D009776:Obturator Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000294:innervation