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ORPHA:60039Disease
Also called Alcock syndrome · Pudendal algia · Pudendal neuralgia · Pudendal neuralgia by pudendal nerve entrapment · Pudendal neuropathic pain syndrome · Pudendal neuropathy · Pudendalgia
What it is
A rare, acquired peripheral neuropathy characterized by chronic neuropathic pain involving the sensory territory of the pudendal nerve (from clitoris to anus or from penis to anus) aggravated by sitting. It is often associated with pelvic dysfunction.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- 1-5 / 10 000 (France)
- Age of onset
- Adult
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
Signs and symptoms
Very common80–99%
10- AllodyniaDiagnostic criterion
- Anal painDiagnostic criterion
- Dyspareunia
- Dysuria
- Erectile dysfunction
- NeuralgiaDiagnostic criterion
- Paroxysmal rectal painDiagnostic criterion
- Pollakisuria
- Scrotal painDiagnostic criterion
- VulvodyniaDiagnostic criterion
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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