title: Examination of the variations of lateral femoral cutaneous nerves: report of two cases.
abstract: The origins, courses and relations of lateral femoral cutaneous nerves (LFCNs) were examined bilaterally in 28 cadavers, and the variations were observed in two. On the right side of one cadaver, the ventral rami of the first and second lumbar spinal nerves were united and then this nerve was divided into four branches. From medial to lateral, these branches were the obturator nerve, the femoral nerve, the medially located LFCN and the laterally located LFCN. On the left side of another cadaver, there were three LFCNs. All of these nerves pierced the psoas major muscle anterolaterally. Two of these nerves, which pierced the psoas major muscle more proximally than the third, united with each other by a communicating branch anterior to the iliacus muscle. These types of variations are very important, especially in the presence of paresthesias or pain in the anterior thigh, lateral thigh and gluteal region. In these cases, surgeons must always remember the possible variations of the LFCN during surgical procedures in order to prevent injury and the occurrence of meralgia paresthetica.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, 06100, Turkey. merbilhacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Kadriye Mine
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: Fevzi Mustafa
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Sargon
authors.forename: Fikret
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oztürk
authors.forename: Beliz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Taşcioğlu
authors.forename: Nuran
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yener
authors.forename: Vefik Omer
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Ozozan
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008160:Lumbosacral Plexus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000601:surgery; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012867:Skin / Q000294:innervation*; D013127:Spinal Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D013848:Thigh / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000294:innervation*