title: Bilateral femoral neuropathy after massive toxic ingestion in a suicide attempt.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bilateral femoral nerve injury can occur after various surgical and nonsurgical processes, but has rarely been reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of bilateral femoral neuropathy after a suicide attempt in a 41-year-old woman. We suggest a stretch mechanism to explain this observation. We also discuss the other causes of bilateral nerve palsy, usually secondary to a compressive injury, with a review of the medical literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The patient reported is the first in the literature to have suffered from bilateral femoral nerve palsy after a suicide attempt. Half of the reported cases are secondary to a surgical process (particularly abdominopelvic surgery). If a compressive origin is most frequent, a stretch mechanism may at times explain a bilateral femoral neuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, CHU Poitiers, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France. s.mathis@chu-poitiers.fr
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathis
authors.forename: Foucaud
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: du Boisguéheneuc
authors.forename: Gaëlle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Godenèche
authors.forename: Solène
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ansquer
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Neau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000506:poisoning; D005260:Female; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020428:Femoral Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents