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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2019; 05(04): e170-e171
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1696951
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1696951
Case Report
Foreign Body Inside the Tunnel: A Rare Cause of Acute Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Further Information
Publication History
19 October 2018
02 August 2019
Publication Date:
28 October 2019 (online)
Abstract
Foreign bodies are common entities found in hand surgery practice. However, they are a very rare cause of the acute cubital tunnel syndrome. A 48-year-old male patient was consulted for cubital tunnel symptoms after 2-day unconscious state in the intensive care unit. The ulnar nerve was explored, a piece of glass was removed inside the cubital tunnel, and the nerve was repaired. However, compression neuropathy symptoms due to the acute trauma are interesting. Nerve laceration with a foreign body should be considered in acute-onset cubital tunnel syndrome, in which the foreign body history of a trauma patient cannot be determined explicitly.
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