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Alcock canal syndrome due to obturator internus muscle fibrosis
✍ Scribed by Angelo Insola; Giuseppe Granata; Luca Padua
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Alcock canal syndrome is a rare entrapment neuropathy of the pudendal nerve. We report a case of perineal neuralgia where pudendal nerve compression was due to fibrosis of the obturator internus muscle following an injury of the muscle. After being misdiagnosed for 2 years, the patient was diagnosed only after a combined neurophysiologic and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) investigation. This case underlines the importance of performing focused neurophysiologic and neuroimaging studies in patients with neuropathic perineal pain in order to reach a correct diagnosis. Muscle Nerve, 2010