Meralgia Paresthetica as the Presenting Feature of Chronic Appendicitis

Ghavanini MRA, Ghavanini AA: Meralgia paresthetica as the presenting feature of chronic appendicitis. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2001;80:703–705. 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.