Pressure on a sensory nerve can cause pain and paresthesia in the nerve's area of
distribution. Entrapment of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel is the commonest example …

Abstract “Hip‐huggers” may be a precipitating factor for meralgia paresthetica (MP),
especially in thin persons with an aberrant pathway of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve …

Meralgia paresthetica consists of pain and dysthesia in the lateral thigh caused by
entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (L2-L3) underneath the inguinal ligament …

Compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) in the thigh, commonly referred
to as meralgia paresthetica, may be due to obesity, tight clothing and other external factors …

Entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous (LFC) nerve as a source of anterolateral thigh
dysesthesias has been recognized for 100 years. Despite this historic recognition, its …

PURPOSE: To describe the case of a patient presenting with anterior thigh pain illustrating
pertinent aspects of differential diagnosis and issues of management. RELEVANCE …

Meralgia paresthetica is a benign disturbance of a sensory nature localized to the outer
thigh, which at best is annoying but which may become severely painful and occasionally …

Meralgia paresthetica is an entrapment neuropathy involving the lateral femoral cutaneous
nerve of the thigh. Patients complain of a persistent burning sensation, tingling and aching …

The lateral femoral cutaneus nerve is vulnerable to entrapment neuropathy where the nerve
passes through the lateral end of the inguinal ligament. At the end of last century the clinical …

Discussion Compression of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh (L2/3) in the region of
the anterior superior iliac spine or injury to the nerve along its subcutaneous course results …