Nicu Cătălin Drăghici, Vitalie Văcăraș, Roxana Bolchis, Atamyrat Bashimov, Diana Maria Domnița, Silvina Iluț, Livia Livinț Popa, Tudor Dimitrie Lupescu, Dafin Fior Mureșanu
Entrapment neuropathies of the lower limb are a misunderstood and underdiagnosed group of disorders, characterized by pain and dysesthesia, muscular weakness, and specific provoking movements on physical examination. The most frequent of these syndromes encountered in clinical practice are fibular nerve entrapment, proximal tibial neuropathy, sural nerve neuropathy, deep gluteal syndrome or sciatic nerve entrapment, and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment, also known as meralgia paresthetica. These are commonly mistaken for lumbar plexopathies, radiculopathies, and musculotendinous diseases, which appear even more frequently and have overlapping clinical presentations...
November 4, 2023: Diagnostics