Lower limb nerve lesions

Question 1

Pain down thigh, flail foot, absent ankle jerk

Answer 1

sciatic nerve palsy

Question 2

sensory loss in lateral thigh

Answer 2

lateral femoral cutaneous nerve palsy

Question 3

weak knee extension, absent knee jerk

Answer 3

femoral nerve palsy

Question 4

foot drop, weak ankle eversion, sensory loss in dorsum of foot

Answer 4

peroneal nerve palsy

Question 5

direct hernia, sensory loss in the iliac crest, crural area

Answer 5

ilioinguinal nerve palsy

Question 6

sensory loss over sole of foot

Answer 6

tibial nerve palsy

Question 7

sensory loss in medial thigh, weak hip adduction

Answer 7

obturator nerve palsy