%0 Journal Article
%T A rare presentation of meralgia paraesthetica in limb girdle muscular dystrophy
%A Aytul Cakci
%A Duygu Ozturk
%A Eda Gurcay
%A Ozgur Zeliha Karaahmet
%A Sukran Guzel
%J Scottish Medical Journal
%@ 2045-6441
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0036933017707162
%X A 44-year-old female with paraesthesia and pain on the left anterolateral thigh who had been diagnosed with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy by electromyography and muscle biopsy is presented. Neurological examination revealed atrophy of the proximal muscles of both shoulders, plus pseudo hypertrophy of both calves. Electromyography exhibited a myopathic pattern. Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging demonstrated a fusiform nerve swelling below the inguinal ligament suggesting lateral femoral cutaneous nerve compression, consistent with meralgia paraesthetica. Treatment with a perineural injection of betamethasone dipropionate and betamethasone sodium phosphate combination, and prilocaine-HCl, under ultrasound guidance, was performed. Symptoms resolved within 6£¿h. At 3-week follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic, and there was no paraesthesia or pain on examination. In this case, ultrasound-guided perineural injection of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve with local anaesthetics and steroid served both diagnostic and therapeutic functions
%K Meralgia paraesthetica
%K muscular dystrophy
%K ultrasound
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0036933017707162