Unusual presentation of multiple nerve entrapment: a case report

Cubital tunnel syndrome is the most common form of ulnar nerve entrapment and the second most common entrapment neuropathy of the upper extremity after carpal tunnel syndrome. However, bilateral compressive ulnar neuropathy is a rare condition. Electro diagnostic studies are a valid and reliable mea...

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Autores principales: Citisli, Veli, Kocaoglu, Murat, Göcmen, Selcuk, Korucu, Mustafa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870738
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.283.5665
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author Citisli, Veli
Kocaoglu, Murat
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Korucu, Mustafa
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description Cubital tunnel syndrome is the most common form of ulnar nerve entrapment and the second most common entrapment neuropathy of the upper extremity after carpal tunnel syndrome. However, bilateral compressive ulnar neuropathy is a rare condition. Electro diagnostic studies are a valid and reliable means of confirming the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-43918872015-04-13 Unusual presentation of multiple nerve entrapment: a case report Citisli, Veli Kocaoglu, Murat Göcmen, Selcuk Korucu, Mustafa Pan Afr Med J Case Report Cubital tunnel syndrome is the most common form of ulnar nerve entrapment and the second most common entrapment neuropathy of the upper extremity after carpal tunnel syndrome. However, bilateral compressive ulnar neuropathy is a rare condition. Electro diagnostic studies are a valid and reliable means of confirming the diagnosis. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4391887/ /pubmed/25870738 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.283.5665 Text en © Veli Citisli et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. 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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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.283.5665
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