Musculo-cutaneous nerve entrapment

Mackey, Dan M.; Colbert, D S; Chater, E H

doi:10.1007/bf03030939

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“…Symptoms are generally suffered for an extended period of time, usually because they are attributed to a variety of other causes. The differential diagnosis for this syndrome includes lumbar radiculopathy, pseudoradicular pain syndrome, 14 nerve sheath tumors, anatomical defects resulting from prior trauma, 6,8 and chronic or exertional lateral compartment syndrome. 3,13 Radiographic imaging usually fails to produce a definitive diagnosis.…”

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“…10 Relief produced on localized injection of lidocaine or hydrocortisone has also been reported to aid in a diagnosis. 1,8 Only when a thorough workup is unrevealing does one usually arrive at a diagnosis of superficial peroneal nerve syndrome by exclusion.…”

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“…After Henry's first description, Kopell and Thompson 6 described the syndrome as an "entrapment neuropathy" in 1963. In 1977 Mackey, et al, 8 reported on surgical decompression as a successful treatment for the condition. Surgical observation in one of the patients in that study led to the suggestion of muscular herniation through a fascial defect as the origin of the nerve entrapment.…”

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Superficial peroneal nerve syndrome: an unusual nerve entrapment

Yang

Gala

McGillicuddy

2006

JNS

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Lower-extremity pain and paresthesia have multiple origins. Early recognition of the symptoms of peripheral nerve entrapment leads to timely treatment and avoids the cost of unnecessary studies. The authors report on a case of superficial peroneal nerve syndrome resulting from nerve herniation through a fascial defect, which was responsive to surgical treatment. This 22-year-old man presented with pain and paresthesias over the lateral aspect of the right calf and the dorsum of the foot without motor weakness. Exercise led to the formation of a tender bulge approximately 12 cm above the lateral malleolus. Percussion of this site worsened his symptoms. Radiography and electromyography studies were nondiagnostic. The patient underwent surgical decompression that involved division of the fascia overlying the nerve and neurolysis of the superficial peroneal nerve. The operation resulted in symptom-free relief. Superficial peroneal nerve syndrome is an entrapment neuropathy that results from mechanical compression of the nerve at or near the point where the nerve pierces the fascia to travel within the subcutaneous tissue. Surgical decompression of the mechanical entrapment usually provides relief from pain and paresthesia.

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