Meralgia paresthetica as the presenting feature of chronic appendicitis.
Meralgia paresthetica is an entrapment syndrome of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh manifesting as paresthesia, pain, numbness, or sensory loss in the distribution of the nerve. A variety of causes have been described; however, the etiology often remains unknown. On the basis of our investigations with a patient with meralgia paresthetica, we determined that an inflammatory rather than mechanical effect on the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh may account for the pathogenesis; however, a certain conclusion about this issue can not be made.
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Center for Research Consultation, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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D000328:Adult; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013848:Thigh / Q000294:innervation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography