Femoral neuropathy and meralgia paresthetica secondary to an iliacus hematoma.
Compressive femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathies from an iliacus hematoma are unusual presentation. We report a case of a 16-year-old boy who developed right femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathies as a complication of traumatic ipsilateral iliacus hematoma formation. The patient complained of numbness in the right thigh and calf as well as right leg weakness, and pain in the right inguinal area. Nerve conduction study and needle electromyography identified the neuropathies. After the electrodiagnostic studies, the pelvic bone MRI revealed a large, 9×5×4.5 cm right iliacus hematoma. As a result, diagnosis of a right iliacus hematoma compressing the femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous nerves was made, and the patient underwent an operation to remove the hematoma. Symptoms and neurological signs showed notable improvement after surgical decompression. Subsequent follow-up electrodiagnostic studies after 11 weeks demonstrated regeneration evidence.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Daejin Medical Center Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Seongnam 463-774, Korea.
Tae Im
TI
Yi
Tae Hee
TH
Yoon
Joo Sup
JS
Kim
Ga Eun
GE
Lee
Bo Ra
BR
Kim