Entrapment Neuropathy - any of a group of neuropathies in which a peripheral nerve is injured by compression in its course through a fibrous or osseofibrous tunnel or at a point where it abruptly changes its course through deep fascia over a fibrous or muscular band. Examples include carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, meralgia paresthetica, Morton's neuralgia, musculospiral paralysis, pronator syndrome, and tarsal tunnel syndrome. Called also nerve compression syndrome, compression n., and pressure n.
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(nerve) compression syndromes
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