title: A painless complete abdominal wall palsy with groin and thigh paresthesiae related to traffic accident injury.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  No case of complete unilateral abdominal wall palsy, occurring after a traffic accident, was found in the literature data. We report one case.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 32-year-old woman was treated for a large abdominal hernia by mesh prosthesis nine years after a traffic accident injury. Surgery led to an iatrogenic lesion of the right lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN). During the electrodiagnostic examination for the LFCN lesion, abdominal wall palsy was diagnosed. Analysis of the patient's history and clinical, electrophysiological, and imaging data revealed that this abdominal wall palsy was related to a tear of the T10 to L2 anterior roots, plexus or nerves, a consequence of the violent deceleration during the car crash.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report highlights the importance of clinical examination, electrodiagnosis and imaging in diagnosing abdominal wall palsy.
authors.affiliation: Electromyography Laboratory, 146, avenue Ledru-Rollin, 75011 Paris, France. paulseror@gmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seror
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Viala
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathis
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000294:innervation* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D003654:Deceleration / Q000009:adverse effects*; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000293:injuries; D006119:Groin; D046449:Hernia, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000293:injuries*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D013848:Thigh; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed