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Tag Herniation
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Howship-Romberg sign

Description Pain and paraesthesia along the inner (medial) aspect of the thigh, down to the knee; and pain on internal rotation of the hip along the distribution of the obturator nerve. Caused by compression of the obturator nerve most commonly…

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Brain Herniation

Brain herniation is the displacement of part of the brain through an opening or across a separating structure into a region that it does not normally occupy.