Pudendal nerve entrapment as source of intractable perineal pain

• Published in: American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation Vol. 82; no. 6; p. 479
• Main Authors: Ramsden, Christopher Edward, McDaniel, Michael Craig, Harmon, Robert L, Renney, Kenneth M, Faure, Alexis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2003
• Subjects: Adult; Decompression, Surgical; Humans; Male; Nerve Compression Syndromes - complications; Nerve Compression Syndromes - diagnosis; Nerve Compression Syndromes - surgery; Pain, Intractable - etiology; Pain, Intractable - surgery; Perineum - innervation

Perineal pain caused by pudendal nerve entrapment is a rarely reported entity, with only a handful of cases in the modern literature. A 25-yr-old male medical student had refractory unilateral orchialgia for 32 mo and concomitant proctalgia for 14 mo. Pain was positional in nature, exacerbated by si...