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Inferior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment: Lower Extremity

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Peripheral Nerve Entrapments

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Inferior cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome is frequently a missed diagnosis, confused with “sciatica,” ischial bursitis, or pudendal neuralgia. A positive diagnostic block at the lateral and inferior edges of the ischium may suggest the pathology to be the inferior cluneal nerve.

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  1. Illinois Pain Institute, Elgin, IL, USA

    Terri Dallas-Prunskis MD

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  1. Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot MD, ABIPP, FIPP (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

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Dallas-Prunskis, T. (2016). Inferior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment: Lower Extremity. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_63

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