1. ANATOMY AND RELATED ETIOLOGY OF GROIN PAIN George S. Ferzli MD, FACS Anne Erickson, CMI Tabulae Sceletie Musculorum Corporis Humani Barnhard S. Albinus, London, 1747. Jan Wanderlaar, artist.
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12. Genitofemoral causalgia was first reported by Magee in 1942*. It is often debilitating and reflects chronic neuralgia including paresthesia, hypesthesia and dysesthesia. * Magee RK. Genitofemoral causalgia (a new syndrome). CMAJ 1942, 46: 326-9.
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14. The ilioinguinal nerve (T12 and L1) supplies sensory innervation to the proximal and medial thigh. In the female innervation is supplied to abdominal skin of the mons pubis and labium majus. In the male, the ilioinguinal nerve innervates the root of the penis and upper scrotum. The iliohypogastric nerve supplies similar sensory innervation to that of the ilioinguinal nerve. Iliohypogastric n. Ilioinguinal n. Cross innervation
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16. Genitofemoral nerve innervation (L1,2) The genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve supplies sensation to the mons pubis and labium majus. In the male, sensation is supplied to the scrotum and motor fibers to the cremasteric muscle. Genital branch, genitofemoral nerve
27. Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve-innervation (L1,2) The femoral branch supplies sensory innervation to the anterolateral thigh.
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32. The ilioinguinal nerve (T12 and L1) supplies sensory innervation to the proximal and medial thigh. In the female innervation is supplied to abdominal skin of the mons pubis and labium majus. In the male, the ilioinguinal nerve innervates the root of the penis and upper scrotum. The iliohypogastric nerve supplies similar sensory innervation to that of the ilioinguinal nerve. Iliohypogastric n. Ilioinguinal n. Cross innervation
34. Genitofemoral nerve innervation (L1,2) The genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve supplies sensation to the mons pubis and labium majus. In the male, sensation is supplied to the scrotum and motor fibers to the cremasteric muscle. Genital branch, genitofemoral nerve
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39. An indepth knowledge of anatomy and the multiple etiologies of groin pain is essential. De humani corpus fabrica libri septem. Andreas Vesalius, Basel, 1543.