A case of bilateral ulnar nerve palsy in a patient with traumatic brain injury and heterotopic ossification

Singapore Med J. 1997 Oct;38(10):447-8.

Abstract

Heterotopic ossification after head injury may occur in the elbow joint. Rarely does this lead to entrapment of the ulnar nerve. We describe the case of a 20-year-old patient who developed heterotopic ossification 6 weeks after a traumatic brain injury. She subsequently developed bilateral ulnar nerve palsy which was confirmed by electrodiagnostic studies and treated by transposition of the ulnar nerve.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Injuries / complications*
  • Elbow Joint / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / etiology*
  • Ossification, Heterotopic / pathology
  • Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
  • Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes / pathology