[Double compression of the ulnar nerve at the elbow and at the wrist (double-crush syndrome). Case report and review of the literature]

G Chir. 2006 Mar;27(3):101-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Double compression of a peripheral nerve is not rare in medical practice. This article describes an ulnar neuropathy along the elbow and the wrist segments with electro-diagnostic examination (EDX). The proximal compression was an ulnar entrapment at the olecranon-epitrochlear semi-canal; the distal one was after the canal of Guyon, due to an arthro-synovial cyst arising from the pisohamatum joint. There aren't analogous clinical reports in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Elbow*
  • Electrodiagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Synovial Cyst / complications
  • Synovial Cyst / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ulnar Nerve / pathology
  • Ulnar Nerve / surgery*
  • Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes* / diagnosis
  • Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes* / etiology
  • Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes* / surgery
  • Wrist*