title: Femoral nerve palsy caused by a huge iliopectineal synovitis extending to the iliac fossa in a rheumatoid arthritis case.
abstract: We report on a 54-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis who had severe femoral nerve palsy affected by a distended synovium in the hip joint. Surgical exploration demonstrated a perforation of the iliopectineal bursa connecting with the hip joint. The patient fully recovered from femoral nerve palsy after surgery. It was considered that synovitis of the hip joint had developed following huge iliopectineal bursitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Advanced Biomedical Applications, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. tatoo@d1.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tatsumura
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mishima
authors.forename: Itsuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shiina
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Yasumasa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiura
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: Wataru
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sumida
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002062:Bursitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000209:etiology*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010243:Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013585:Synovitis / Q000150:complications