Abstract
The entrapment neuropathy of the foot is very rare. The most famous is the tarsal tunnel syndrome. It results of the compression of the tibial nerve or its two terminal branches, the medial and lateral plantar nerves, when it passes beneath the flexor retinaculum at the ankle. It is not truly an entrapment neuropathy as it is in the carpal tunnel syndrome. Injuries and traumatisms are frequently the causes. The existence of true idiopathic forms is disputed. The diagnosis is difficult. The electrophysiological examination is by far less performing than for the median nerve at the carpal tunnel. The other syndroms are even rarer. It may be the terminal branches of the tibial nerve: medial and lateral plantar nerves, the calcanean nerves, the distal extremities of the fibular nerves. The Morton neuroma may be associated to these syndromes.
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