anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES) is a chronic neuropathic pain syndrome of the abdominal wall caused by entrapment of anterior cutaneous branches of 7 to 12th intercostal nerves along the lateral border of the anterior rectus abdominis fascia causing severe pain and tenderness of the involved dermatome.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018873), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
17 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abdominal painHPOHP:0002027
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Impaired tactile sensationHPOHP:0010830
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Somatic sensory dysfunctionHPOHP:0003474
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- HyperhidrosisHPOHP:0000975
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- VertigoHPOHP:0002321
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abdominal distentionHPOHP:0003270
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Allodynia
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- NauseaHPOHP:0002018
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Decreased body weightHPOHP:0004325
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Inguinal herniaHPOHP:0000023
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Recurrent infection of the gastrointestinal tractHPOHP:0004798
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
- Recurrent urinary tract infectionsHPOHP:0000010
- Very rare (1% to 4% of cases)
Where it sits
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Other names
3 names
Resolves to: anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome
- Also called
- ACNESintercostal nerve syndromerectus abdominis syndrome