title: Acute posterior interosseous nerve palsy caused by bleeding from an arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: A fifteen-year-old boy with a long-standing history of congenital arteriovenous malformation in his left arm was seen with an acute posterior interosseous nerve palsy. Exploration showed this to be caused by bleeding from a congenital arteriovenous malformation in the radial tunnel. Decompression and evacuation of the haematoma resulted in full recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire, England.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology