Meralgia Paresthetica

Hui, Grace Km; Peng, Philip

doi:10.1097/aap.0b013e3182030897

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“…Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block: Meralgia paresthetica is a syndrome that has been well‐described in both adults and children and is best treated with a multidisciplinary approach . The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block can be effectively employed as adjunctive therapy for this chronic condition .…”

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Interventional Procedures for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Current Evidence

2015

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This review discusses the role of interventional procedures in the treatment of chronic pain in children and adolescents. Due to lack of scientific evidence, significant controversy surrounds the utility of invasive techniques for managing pediatric chronic pain states. Interventional procedures are a widely accepted modality for pain management in adults. The use of such techniques in children is supported only by case reports, case series, and very few randomized controlled studies. In addition, the potential for severe complications leaves open a debate on the safety of these invasive procedures, which must be confirmed by more extensive and accurate prospective studies.

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Interventional Procedures for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Current Evidence

2015

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“…The direct compression of the LFCN can be caused by the use of tight pants, belts, tight seat belts or corset [13,14]. However, a tumor located near the anterosuperior iliac crest can also cause compressive symptoms, for example pelvic osteochondroma [15], osteoid sarcoma [3] or even lipoma [16].…”

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“…Increased pelvic and intrabdominal pressure may cause meralgia paresthetica. This includes pregnancy, obesity and masses in the pelvic/abdominal cavity [13,17] and may be explained by the retraction of the LFCN caused by the anterior protruding abdomen [14,18]. Some masses that can cause MP are uterine fibroid disease [19] renal tumors [20], retroperitoneal lipofibrosarcoma [21], pancreatic pseudocyst [22] and iliacus hematoma [23].…”

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Differential Etiological Diagnosis of Meralgia Paresthetica: A Concise Review

Pereira¹,

Stefhani²,

Fanine³

et al. 2023

Int J Neurol Neurother

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Paresthesia meralgia (MP) is a condition in which there is compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), with its entrapment. Clinically presents with burning pain and dysesthesia in the anterolateral region of the thigh. Due to the multiple etiological diagnoses different from MP, this review aims to show systemic and non-systemic causes and also explains some tests of the condition. This article is a non-systematic review. All articles used were researched in the public databases PubMed, Medline, ScienceDirect, SciELO and Cochrane. The process of locating these articles was done by searching for terms related to paresthesia meralgia, selecting the most relevant articles available in English or Portuguese. The presentation of MP is usually unilateral, with subacute onset (days to weeks), and may be associated with prolonged hip extension, in addition to flexion relief. There is a wide spectrum of non-systemic diseases that may be responsible for the development of paresthetic meralgia, ranging from surgical sequelae and direct mechanical nerve compression. In addition, diabetes mellitus and Covid-19 infection may be systemic causes of MP. Diabetes mellitus is associated with endothelial dysfunction and peripheral neuropathy. Covid-19 increases the inflammatory state and consequent pain of the intensive care unit patient causing neurological sequelae. In sum, the etiological diagnosis of MP is important, since the treatment varies according to the cause of this neuropathy. In addition, it helps to rationalize the process of diagnosis, investigation, treatment and follow-up of these patients.

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“…This can be broadly classified into 1) mechanical, 2) metabolic and 3) iatrogenic. [19] Mechanical compression of nerve is the most common cause of MP. Compression may be due to lumbosacral Braces/Corset, low-cut trouser or blunt trauma pelvis.…”

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Meralgia paresthetica – Solving the diagnostic dilemma

Pokharel

Kalawar

Khanal

2018

Int Jour of Biomed Res

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Meralgia paraesthetica (MP) is a clinical syndrome produced by entrapment mono-neuropathy of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN). It classically presents as numbness, paresthesia or dysesthesia of anterolateral aspect of thigh but sometime it may mimic conditions like lumbar radiculopathy, femoro-acetabular impingement, trochanteric bursitis, etc. Since it has wide spectrum of clinical presentation, it should be the diagnosis of exclusion when causes of anterolateral thigh pain is not explained by other known causes. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of this clinical condition with the emphasis on various clinical presentations and anatomical variations of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. Different methods of diagnosis and treatment are also explored and discussed in this paper.

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Meralgia Paresthetica

Cited by 28 publications

References 61 publications

Interventional Procedures for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Current Evidence

Interventional Procedures for Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Current Evidence

Differential Etiological Diagnosis of Meralgia Paresthetica: A Concise Review

Meralgia paresthetica – Solving the diagnostic dilemma

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