Rheumatoid iliopsoas bursitis presenting as unilateral femoral nerve palsy

L Létourneau; M Dessureault; S Carette

Rheumatoid iliopsoas bursitis presenting as unilateral femoral nerve palsy

J Rheumatol. 1991 Mar;18(3):462-3.

Authors

L Létourneau¹, M Dessureault, S Carette

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, l'Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada.

PMID: 1856816

Abstract

A 65-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) developed symptomatic compression of the femoral nerve secondary to an iliopsoas bursitis. Her adjacent hip joint was not severely affected by arthritis. This entity should be included among the entrapment neuropathies complicating RA.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology
Bursitis / complications*
Bursitis / pathology
Female
Femoral Nerve*
Hip Joint / diagnostic imaging
Hip Joint / pathology
Humans
Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
Nerve Compression Syndromes / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed