Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the Literature
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common neuropathy of the upper extremity.1 We report a case in which a twenty-eight-year-old manual labourer presented with acute thrombosis in a persistent median artery which triggered acute carpal tunnel symptoms. A bifid median nerve was found upon carpal...
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| description | Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common neuropathy of the upper extremity.1 We report a case in which a twenty-eight-year-old manual labourer presented with acute thrombosis in a persistent median artery which triggered acute carpal tunnel symptoms. A bifid median nerve was found upon carpal tunnel release. The knowledge of the existence of this anatomic variation is important in order to prevent inadvertent injury. We further discuss the possible aetiologies for CTS as well as neurovascular anomalies which may lead to median nerve compression at the wrist. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55cd70f9fe924dba9c26985c195917b52022-12-22T00:59:01ZengMcGill UniversityMcGill Journal of Medicine1715-81252020-07-01171Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the LiteratureAntoine Lessard0McGill UniversityCarpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common neuropathy of the upper extremity.1 We report a case in which a twenty-eight-year-old manual labourer presented with acute thrombosis in a persistent median artery which triggered acute carpal tunnel symptoms. A bifid median nerve was found upon carpal tunnel release. The knowledge of the existence of this anatomic variation is important in order to prevent inadvertent injury. We further discuss the possible aetiologies for CTS as well as neurovascular anomalies which may lead to median nerve compression at the wrist.https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/120Carpal Tunnel SyndromePersistent Median ArteryBifid Median NerveAcute Neuropathy |
| spellingShingle | Antoine Lessard Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the Literature McGill Journal of Medicine Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Persistent Median Artery Bifid Median Nerve Acute Neuropathy |
| title | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Secondary to Acute Thrombosis of Persistent Median Artery and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to acute thrombosis of persistent median artery and review of the literature |
| topic | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Persistent Median Artery Bifid Median Nerve Acute Neuropathy |
| url | https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/120 |
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