ABSTRACT
Meralgia paresthetica was described by Roth, who observed it in 1895 in German riders wearing tight abdominal belts that compressed the emergence of the femorocutaneous nerve at the level of the ilioinguinal angle, below the anterior superior iliac spine. They complained of curious symptoms characterized by bizarre feelings over the lateral thigh. Meralgia paresthetica is in fact characterized by paresthesia along the anterolateral side of the thigh, corresponding to the distribution of the femorocutaneous nerve (Fig. 45.1, left).
