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Successful Treatment of Abdominal Cutaneous Entrapment Syndrome Using Ultrasound Guided Injection

  • Hong, Myong Joo (Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Yeon Dong (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Seo, Dong Hyuk (Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Research Institute of Clinical Medicine)
  • Received : 2013.02.27
  • Accepted : 2013.03.26
  • Published : 2013.07.01
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Abstract

There are various origins for chronic abdominal pain. About 10-30% of patients with chronic abdominal pain have abdominal wall pain. Unfortunately, abdominal wall pain is not thought to be the first origin of chronic abdominal pain; therefore, patients usually undergo extensive examinations, including diagnostic laparoscopic surgery. Entrapment of abdominal cutaneous nerves at the muscular foramen of the rectus abdominis is a rare cause of abdominal wall pain. If abdominal wall pain is considered in earlier stage of chronic abdominal pain, unnecessary invasive procedures are not required and patients will reach symptom free condition as soon as the diagnosis is made. Here, we report a case of successful treatment of a patient with abdominal cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome by ultrasound guided injection therapy.

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