Pudendal neuralgia: CT-guided pudendal nerve block technique

D Thoumas; A M Leroi; J Mauillon; J M Muller; M Benozio; P Denis; P Freger

doi:10.1007/s002619900503

Pudendal neuralgia: CT-guided pudendal nerve block technique

Abdom Imaging. 1999 May-Jun;24(3):309-12. doi: 10.1007/s002619900503.

Authors

D Thoumas¹, A M Leroi, J Mauillon, J M Muller, M Benozio, P Denis, P Freger

Affiliation

¹ Central Department of Radiology, Rouen University Hospital, 76031 Rouen Cedex, France.

PMID: 10227901
DOI: 10.1007/s002619900503

Abstract

Chronic anoperineal pain without any apparent etiology may be caused by compression of the pudendal nerve. This presentation illustrates the course of the pudendal nerve and the technique of computed tomography-guided infiltration of the nerve.

MeSH terms

Anal Canal / innervation*
Chronic Disease
Humans
Nerve Block*
Neuralgia / diagnostic imaging
Neuralgia / therapy*
Perineum / innervation*
Peripheral Nerves / anatomy & histology
Peripheral Nerves / diagnostic imaging
Radiography, Interventional*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*