Pudendal nerve entrapment
PUDENDAL NEURALGIA (PN) IS A CHRONIC NEUROPATHIC PAIN, AGGRAVATED BY SITTING AND FOR WHICH NO ORGANIC CAUSE CAN BE FOUND BY IMAGING STUDIES. IT IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH PELVIC DYSFUNCTION.
Pudendal Nerve Entrapment; Perineodynia; Pudendal neuralgia; Bicycle seat neuropathy
Pudendal nerve entrapment (PNE), also known as Alcock canal syndrome, is an uncommon source of chronic pain in which the pudendal nerve (located in the pelvis) is entrapped or compressed in Alcock's canal. There are several different types of PNE based on the site of entrapment anatomically (see Anatomy).