Meralgia Paresthetica Secondary to soft Tissue tuberculosis: a case report.
- Author:
Jae Do KANG
;
Kwang Yul KIM
;
Hyung Chun KIM
;
Ho Seob YOO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve;
Meralgia paresthetica;
Soft tissue tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Abdominal Muscles;
Humans;
Ligaments;
Middle Aged;
Paresthesia;
Thigh;
Tuberculosis*
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1997;32(3):647-652
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Meralgia paresthetica is a syndrome of pain or dysesthesia, or both, of the anterolateral thigh caused by entrapment or metabolic neuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. Many cases of meralgia paresthetica have been presented for a century. We have experienced a case of meralgia paresthetica which was misdiagnosed as lumbar radicu- lopathy at other hospital, of a 53-year-old man who had developed painful paresthesia and dysesthe- sia of the anterolateral thigh caused by soft tissue tuberculosis of oblique abdominal muscles just proximal to the lateral inguinal ligament where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve passes. We report a case of unilateral meralgia paresthetica secondary to soft tissue tuberculosis with review of literatures because it has not previously been reported.
