pudendal neuralgia
MONDO:0018957Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pudendal neuralgia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018957), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
13 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.
- AllodyniaHPOHP:0012533
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Anal painHPOHP:0500005
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DyspareuniaHPOHP:0030016
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- DysuriaHPOHP:0100518
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Erectile dysfunctionHPOHP:0100639
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- NeuralgiaHPOHP:0033345
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Paroxysmal rectal painHPOHP:0032150
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PollakisuriaHPOHP:0100515
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Scrotal painHPOHP:0030155
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- VulvodyniaHPOHP:0030943
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Buttock painHPOHP:0034805
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Pelvic painHPOHP:0034267
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Reported absent (6)
- Abnormal nervous system electrophysiologyHPOHP:0001311
- Anal canal adenocarcinomaHPOHP:0030439
- Genital neoplasmHPOHP:0010787
- Neoplasm of the genitourinary tractHPOHP:0007379
- PruritusHPOHP:0000989
- Somatic sensory dysfunctionHPOHP:0003474
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- Vaginal foreign body sensationHPOHP:0034806
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: pudendal neuralgia
- Also called
- Alcock syndromeneuralgia of pudendal nervepudendal algiapudendal nerve entrapment syndromepudendal nerve neuralgiapudendal neuralgia by pudendal nerve entrapmentPudendalgia