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Ilioinguinal Nerve Compression
Aka: Ilioinguinal Nerve Compression, Ilioinguinal Nerve Entrapment
- See Also
- Groin Pain
- Abdominal Wall Pain Causes
- Pathophysiology
- Compression Neuropathy of ilioinguinal nerve
- Direct Trauma
- Overtraining of the abdominal Muscles
- Ilioinguinal nerve course
- Abdominal musculature (often site of compression)
- Inguinal Canal
- Superficial Inguinal Ring
- Causes
- Post-surgical
- Appendectomy
- Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
- Athletes
- Direct Trauma
- Excessive abdominal Muscle training
- Symptoms
- Paresthesias or numbness over nerve course
- Ilioinguinal nerve distribution
- Upper medial thigh
- Base of penis and Scrotum in men
- Labia majora and mons pubis in women
- Signs
- Tinel's sign
- Tap over inguinal nerve in Inguinal Canal
- Local Anesthetic injection
- Injected at site of inguinal nerve entrapment
- Diagnosis confirmed by relief of discomfort
- Management
- Local Corticosteroid Injection at entrapment site
- Surgical neurolysis in refractory cases
- References
- Morelli (2001) Am Fam Physician 64(8):1405-14 [PubMed]