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Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report
We report a case of isolated paralysis of the right adductor pollicis in a 30-year-old woman. Electromyographic study showed involvement of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve. A ganglion and an anomalous muscle were both ruled out clinically and by MRI as a possible cause of the paralysis. At...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170747/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991410 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/321020 |
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author | De Maio, F. Bisicchia, S. Farsetti, P. Ippolito, E. |
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description | We report a case of isolated paralysis of the right adductor pollicis in a 30-year-old woman. Electromyographic study showed involvement of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve. A ganglion and an anomalous muscle were both ruled out clinically and by MRI as a possible cause of the paralysis. At surgical exploration, we found a fibrous band joining the pisiform and the hook of the hamate bone that compressed the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve. The fibrous band was excised, and a neurolysis of the motor branch of the ulnar nerve was performed. At followup, eight months later, the patient had fully recovered strength of the adductor muscle. |
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spelling | pubmed-31707472011-10-11 Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report De Maio, F. Bisicchia, S. Farsetti, P. Ippolito, E. Adv Orthop Case Report We report a case of isolated paralysis of the right adductor pollicis in a 30-year-old woman. Electromyographic study showed involvement of the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve. A ganglion and an anomalous muscle were both ruled out clinically and by MRI as a possible cause of the paralysis. At surgical exploration, we found a fibrous band joining the pisiform and the hook of the hamate bone that compressed the deep motor branch of the ulnar nerve. The fibrous band was excised, and a neurolysis of the motor branch of the ulnar nerve was performed. At followup, eight months later, the patient had fully recovered strength of the adductor muscle. SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011 2011-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3170747/ /pubmed/21991410 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/321020 Text en Copyright © 2011 F. De Maio et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report De Maio, F. Bisicchia, S. Farsetti, P. Ippolito, E. Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report |
title | Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report |
title_full | Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report |
title_short | Isolated Paralysis of the Adductor Pollicis: A Case Report |
title_sort | isolated paralysis of the adductor pollicis: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170747/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21991410 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/321020 |
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