Abstract
Inferior cluneal nerve entrapment syndrome is frequently a missed diagnosis, confused with sciatic neuralgia or ischial bursitis. A positive diagnostic block at the lateral and inferior edges of the ischium without radicular hypoesthesia or weakness may suggest inferior cluneal nerve pathology.
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Dallas-Prunskis, T. (2016). Inferior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment: Low Back. In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_52
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