Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis

We present a case of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) due to compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel, caused by cysticercosis. Nerve conduction studies revealed severe CTS. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested an inflammatory mass compressing the median nerve in carpal tunnel. The histo...

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Autores principales: Sharma, S. R., Sharma, Nalini, Yeolekar, M. E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publication 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21217984
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.73454
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author Sharma, S. R.
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description We present a case of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) due to compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel, caused by cysticercosis. Nerve conduction studies revealed severe CTS. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested an inflammatory mass compressing the median nerve in carpal tunnel. The histological diagnosis was consistent with cysticercosis. The case resolved with conservative treatment. Such solitary presentation of entrapment median neuropathy as CTS caused by cysticercosis is extremely rare. To our knowledge, this is the only case of its kind reported in literature till date.
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spelling pubmed-30107862011-01-07 Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis Sharma, S. R. Sharma, Nalini Yeolekar, M. E. Indian J Plast Surg Case Report We present a case of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) due to compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel, caused by cysticercosis. Nerve conduction studies revealed severe CTS. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested an inflammatory mass compressing the median nerve in carpal tunnel. The histological diagnosis was consistent with cysticercosis. The case resolved with conservative treatment. Such solitary presentation of entrapment median neuropathy as CTS caused by cysticercosis is extremely rare. To our knowledge, this is the only case of its kind reported in literature till date. Medknow Publication 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3010786/ /pubmed/21217984 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.73454 Text en © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis
title Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis
title_full Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis
title_fullStr Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis
title_full_unstemmed Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis
title_short Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis
title_sort carpal tunnel syndrome caused by cysticercosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3010786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21217984
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.73454
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