meralgia

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Noun

meralgia - pain in the thigh

hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; "the patient developed severe pain and distension"

Translations

me·ral·gi·a

n. meralgia, dolor en el pie que puede extenderse hasta el muslo;

___ paresthetic → ___ parestética.

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Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a nerve entrapment that may cause pain, numbness, hypersensitivity, and paresthesia within the anterolateral region of the thigh, which is the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) distribution area (1).

Blind Versus Ultrasound Guidance Injections: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Blockage Revisited/Lateral Femoral Kutanoz Sinirinin Kor ve Ultrason Esliginde Yapilan Blokajinin Degerlendirilmesi

Analogous to meralgia paresthetica or cheiralgia paresthetica, the name of the disorder is derived from the ancient Greek words noton, "back" and algia, "pain" (13).

NOTALGIA PARESTHETICA

###platelet-rich plasma (PRP), meralgia paresthetica block

REFLECTION OF YOUNG FELLOWS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Additionally, brachial plexus neuropathy, meralgia paresthetica, acute immune demyelinating polyneuropathy (Guillain-Barre Syndrome), and chronic immune demyelinating polyneuropathy may occur during pregnancy (25-28).

Neuropathic pain in pregnant Turkish women with lumbopelvic pain and its impact on health-related quality of life

Peripheral neuropathic pain was due to metatarsalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, low back pain with irradiation, and meralgia paresthetica.

Sensory Function and Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis

Meralgia paresthetica, a painful mononeuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), can result from injury, compression or mechanical irritation of the latter.

A randomized comparison between neurostimulation and ultrasound-guided lateral femoral cutaneous nerve block

Objective examination noted for mild tenderness at the mid-line thigh/inguinal junction and decreased sensation in the left thigh consistent with meralgia paraesthetica.

Morel-Lavalle lesion

Relieving symptoms of meralgia paresthetica using Kinesio taping: a pilot study.

Application of kinesiotaping to treat symptomatic bipartite patella/Semptomatik bipartite patella tedavisinde kinezyolojik bantlama uygulamasi

Knowledge of variations in the origin of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh from the femoral nerve is useful for clinicians who are treating patients with meralgia paresthetica (Astik & Dave, 2011), and for anesthetists giving targeted blocks in the femoral or lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh.

Classification and Fascicular Analysis of Variant Branching Pattern of Femoral Nerve for Microsurgical Intervention. A Series of Thirteen Cadavers/Clasificacion y Analisis Fascicular de las Variantes en el Patron de Ramificacion del Nervio Femoral en Intervenciones Microquirurgicas. Una Serie de 13 Cadaveres

Another cachectic patient who had meralgia paresthetica and severe sensory symptoms (No.

Neurological complications after renal transplantation: a retrospective clinical study

Treatment of meralgia paresthetica with ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency ablation of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.

Effect of Pulsed Radiofrequency on Rat Sciatic Nerve Chronic Constriction Injury: A Preliminary Study

Other conditions that need to be ruled out when assessing the elderly patient with lower extremity symptoms include, diabetic neuropathy, meralgia paresthetica radiculopathy due to lumbar disc herniation, cervical spinal stenosis, knee OA and degenerative facet and sacroiliac joints.