Another cause of median nerve compression by a lumbrical muscle in the carpal tunnel.
A case is described in which division of a flexor digitorum profundus tendon allowed the proximal end of the tendon to retract, drawing its lumbrical muscle into the carpal tunnel where it caused compression of the median nerve.
D000328:Adult; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009431:Neural Conduction; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery