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Unusual Origin of the Anterior Scrotal Nerve: A Case Report

The anterior scrotal nerve is a cutaneous nerve that branches from the ilioinguinal nerve after it leaves the superficial inguinal ring. However, we identified a cadaveric specimen with an anterior scrotal nerve arising from both the femoral and ilioinguinal nerves. This anatomic variation should be...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Karishma, Iwanaga, Joe, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281741
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4557
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description The anterior scrotal nerve is a cutaneous nerve that branches from the ilioinguinal nerve after it leaves the superficial inguinal ring. However, we identified a cadaveric specimen with an anterior scrotal nerve arising from both the femoral and ilioinguinal nerves. This anatomic variation should be considered with anesthetic blockade of this region or during surgical procedures nearby.
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spelling pubmed-65971372019-07-05 Unusual Origin of the Anterior Scrotal Nerve: A Case Report Mehta, Karishma Iwanaga, Joe Tubbs, R. Shane Cureus Other The anterior scrotal nerve is a cutaneous nerve that branches from the ilioinguinal nerve after it leaves the superficial inguinal ring. However, we identified a cadaveric specimen with an anterior scrotal nerve arising from both the femoral and ilioinguinal nerves. This anatomic variation should be considered with anesthetic blockade of this region or during surgical procedures nearby. Cureus 2019-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6597137/ /pubmed/31281741 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4557 Text en Copyright © 2019, Mehta et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31281741
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