An unusual case of thigh adductor weakness - obturator nerve ganglion

Description: A 34 year old sportsman suffered from thigh adduction weakness and moderate adductor muscle atrophy with unspecific pain at the pelvic region. After deterioration of the symptoms and exclusion of muscle lesion by ultrasound, neurological examination and EMG diagnosed an isolated obturator motor neuropathy. A tumour measuring 36261.5 cm was detected by MRI and sonographically guided biopsy confirmed mucous content of the cyst.
An unusual case of thigh adductor weakness: obturator nerve ganglion. Schwabegger AH, Shafighi M, Gurunluoglu R. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2004 May;75(5):775