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Meralgia paresthetica due to a thigh hibernoma: a rare diagnosis—case report

Authors: Eurico Monteiro, João Torres, Manuel Gutierres, Sérgio Silva, Rui Pinto

Published in: European Orthopaedics and Traumatology | Issue 4/2013

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Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a symptom complex that includes numbness, paresthesias, and neuropathic pain in the anterolateral cutaneous thigh and may be the result of an entrapment neuropathy or a neuroma of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN). The condition can be differentiated from other neurologic disorders by the typical exacerbating factors, the characteristic distribution of symptoms, and the use of electrodiagnostic studies like the electromyography (EMG) [1]. …

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Title: Meralgia paresthetica due to a thigh hibernoma: a rare diagnosis—case report
Authors: Eurico Monteiro
João Torres
Manuel Gutierres
Sérgio Silva
Rui Pinto
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Orthopaedics and Traumatology / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1867-4569
Electronic ISSN: 1867-4577
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-013-0180-8

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