Femoral neuropathy with deafferentation pain. Complications of a hematoma during anticoagulant treatment

A case of femoral palsy associated with chronic pain sensible to Carbamazepine, secondary to iliacus haematoma during anticoagulant therapy is reported. Late femoral nerve decompression followed by transcutaneous neurostimulation permit the normalization of the sensory nerve conduction and a complet...

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Published inActa neurologica Belgica Vol. 85; no. 5; p. 269
Main Authors Bouchez, B, Arnott, G, Delandsheer, E, Blond, S, Guieu, J D
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published Italy 01.11.1985
Subjects
Carbamazepine - therapeutic use
Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
Femoral Nerve
Hematoma - etiology
Heparin - adverse effects
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Compression Syndromes - diagnosis
Nerve Compression Syndromes - etiology
Nerve Compression Syndromes - therapy
Pain Management
Thigh
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
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Summary:A case of femoral palsy associated with chronic pain sensible to Carbamazepine, secondary to iliacus haematoma during anticoagulant therapy is reported. Late femoral nerve decompression followed by transcutaneous neurostimulation permit the normalization of the sensory nerve conduction and a complete clinical recovery. The localizations of hemorrhage and nervous compression are discussed. The necessity of a nerve decompression when features of nervous conduction persist is emphasized. Clinical symptomatology, Carbamazepine and transcutaneous neurostimulation efficacity, electrophysiological features are correlated with a central deafferentation state caused by an incomplete and heterogeneous lesion of the sensory nerve conduction pathways.
ISSN:0300-9009