Meralgia paresthetica, for example, occurs when the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is affected. The nerve compression leads to symptoms in the outer thigh. Displaced intestines that bulge through ...

Damage to or pressure on the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, a nerve that affects feeling in the outside of the thigh, can cause this painful sensation. A person may experience this pain as ...

He bled into his left thigh over the next 24 hours and developed a tense, severely painful, large hematoma in the lateral compartment. Outpatient radiographs showed no fractures, and a lower ...

Background To define the sites where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN) is more easily visualized and to describe the anatomical variations of the LFCN. Methods A total of 240 LFCNs in 120 ...