Meralgia paresthetica caused by hip-huggers in a patient with aberrant course of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 678-680

  Park, Jong Woong ^a   Kim, Dong Hwee ^a,b   Hwang, Miriam ^a   Bun, Hye Ryoung ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hip huggers; Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; Meralgia paresthetica; Neurectomy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOTHING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LATERAL FEMORAL CUTANEOUS NERVE; MERALGIA PARESTHETICA; NEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOTHING; FEMALE; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; HIP; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVES;

EID: 34247642623     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20721     Document Type: Article

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