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Bilateral femoral nerve compression by iliacus hematomas complicating anticoagulant therapy
Z A Jamjoom1, A al-Bakry, A al-Momen
1Division of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Surgery Today
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
An unusual case of bilateral femoral nerve compression caused by iliacus hematomas in a patient on anticoagulant therapy is herein reported with special reference to the comparative diagnostic value of ultrasonography, computerized tomorgraphy, and magnetic resonance imaging. The importance of early surgical decompression is also emphasized.