An unusual double crush syndrome: femoral and sciatic neuropathy secondary to intra-abdominal firearm

Femoral Neuropathy and Meralgia Paresthetica Secondary to an Iliacus Hematoma

Compressive femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathies from an iliacus hematoma are unusual presentation. We report a case of a 16-year-old boy who developed right femoral and lateral femoral cutaneous neuropathies as a complication of traumatic ipsilateral iliacus hematoma formation. The patient complained of numbness in the right thigh and calf as well as right leg weakness, and pain ...

Double Crush Syndrome.

Double crush syndrome is a distinct compression at two or more locations along the course of a peripheral nerve that can coexist and synergistically increase symptom intensity. In addition, dissatisfaction after treatment at one site may be the result of persistent pathology at another site along a peripheral nerve. Double crush syndrome is a controversial diagnosis; some scientists and surgeon...

An unusual intra-abdominal foreign body

A 48 year old female presented to causality with high grade fever with rigors and chills, right upper abdominal pain and jaundice of one day duration. She had a past history of similar episode one month back for which she had undergone endoscopic biliary drainage. Hemogram revealed leucocytosis with polymorphonuclear cell predominance. Liver function tests; total bilirubin 8.4mg/dl, direct bili...

Crush syndrome after isolated abdominal crush injury in flood water.

Intra-abdominal lymphangioma: an unusual lesion in an adult woman.

Sir, Lymphangiomas are rare, benign lesions of lymphatics that usually occur in the head and neck region in children (1, 2). An intra-abdominal location is exceptional and the majority of cases occur in early childhood (1–3). The clinical presentation of intra-abdominal lymphangioma (IAL) is diverse, ranging from an incidentally discovered abdominal cyst to symptoms of acute abdomen resulting i...