&Meralgia Paresthetica=Meralgia Paresthetica is a painful mononeuropathy of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), meralgia paresthetica is commonly due to focal entrapment of this nerve as it passes through the inguinal ligament. Rarely, it has other etiologies such as direct trauma, stretch injury, or ischemia. The LFCN is responsible for the sensation of the anterolateral thigh. It is a purely sensory nerve and has no motor component. When the LFCN is entrapped, paresthesias and numbness of the upper lateral thigh area are the presenting symptoms. The paresthesias may be quite painful. Symptoms are typically unilateral. Walking or standing may aggravate the symptoms; sitting tends to relieve them. Examination reveals numbness of the anterolateral thigh in all or part of the area involved with the paresthesias. Occasionally, patients are hyperesthetic in this area. Tapping over the upper and lateral aspects of the inguinal ligament or extending the thigh posteriorly, which stretches the nerve, may reproduce or worsen the paresthesias. Motor strength in the involved leg should be normal.