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  • Title: Meralgia paresthetica as the presenting feature of chronic appendicitis.
    Author: Ghavanini MR, Ghavanini AA.
    Journal: Am J Phys Med Rehabil; 2001 Sep; 80(9):703-5. PubMed ID: 11523973.
    Abstract:
    Meralgia paresthetica is an entrapment syndrome of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh manifesting as paresthesia, pain, numbness, or sensory loss in the distribution of the nerve. A variety of causes have been described; however, the etiology often remains unknown. On the basis of our investigations with a patient with meralgia paresthetica, we determined that an inflammatory rather than mechanical effect on the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh may account for the pathogenesis; however, a certain conclusion about this issue can not be made.
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