Of 232 patients with evidence of lumbar spinal stenosis, 13 had symptoms of meralgia paraesthetica. Myelography demonstrated that in all but one of these 13 cases the L3-4 level was involved by stenosis; in 12 matched control patients with spinal stenosis, none had involvement at this level. We found that both the ligamentum flavum and the laminae at L3-4 level were thicker than in a control gr...

SUMMARY Abdominal aortic aneurysm should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of isolated lower limb neuropathies.

BACKGROUND Meralgia paresthetica (MP) is a mononeuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) characterized by pain, numbness or paresthesia on the anterolateral aspect of the thigh. Though several contributing factors have been identified, the cause of its idiopathic form still remains unclear. Anatomic and clinical studies have demonstrated a variable course for the LFCN and have su...

A female with gestational diabetes presented with hip pain characteristic of meralgia paresthetica and trochanteric bursitis. She had similar episodes prior to pregnancy that were treated successfully with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and corticosteroid injections. However, NSAID use during pregnancy poses risks to the fetus and corticosteroids carry a risk of hyperglycemia, e...

Meralgia paresthetica (MP) causes tingling, stinging or a burning sensation in the anterolateral part of the thigh, usually as a result of entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) at the inguinal ligament (IL) due to mechanical or iatrogenic injury. However, there are few reports on MP caused by entrapment of the LFCN at a more distal site from the IL. We report here a rare case...

Mucormycosis Francisco M. Marty; John R. Perfect; Oliver A. Cornely; Kathleen M. Mullane; Galia Rahav; Misun Lee; Masanori Ito; Rochelle Maher; Bernhardt Zeiher; Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner; Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA; Duke University, Durham, NC; University Hospital of Cologne, Koeln, Germany; University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel; Aste...

A recent paper by Knorr et al. (2005a) suggested that the decomposition of resistant soil organic matter is more temperature sensitive than labile organic matter. In Knorr et al.’s (2005a) model, the reference decay rate was presumed to be same for all pools of soil carbon. We refit Knorr et al.’s (2005a) model but allow both the activation energy and the reference decay rate to vary among soil...

BACKGROUND Meralgia paraesthetica is a fairly common condition resulting from entrapment of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. I have found that acupuncture produces a rapid improvement, sometimes effecting a cure, after only one or two treatments. I therefore invited referrals in order to collect a case series. METHODS A series of 10 patients, which included two who had refused surgery, bu...

The paper constructs a structural model to study the effect of corporate bonds buyback on the firm’s credit conditions. The model implies that the firm strategically choose how much debt to buy back and the buyback reduces the firm’s probability of default. In contrast to commonly perceived deleverage channel, the model highlights a novel channel that buying back bonds on the cheap transfers va...

back for years that induced him to repeatedly scratch his back on a doorpost. Her medical history was remarkable only for gastroesophageal reflux disease, which was responsive to ranitidine, and for rosacea, for which she used topical metronidazole. She had no drug allergies. On physical examination, there was a 4 4-cm hyperpigmented patch on her right mid to upper back. Her presentation was co...