[Hemorrhagic compression of the median nerve after streptokinase treatment].
Hemorrhagic events in patients undergoing fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction are well known. We report a case of acute compression of the median nerve caused by a hematoma in the carpal tunnel following infusion of streptokinase in a 71 year-old man with acute myocardial infarction. Operative decompression was carried out. The postoperative course was uneventful, with complete recovery from symptoms of median nerve entrapment.
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Kirurgisk avdeling, Köping.
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D000368:Aged; D006406:Hematoma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000009:adverse effects*
D013300:Streptokinase
Hemoragisk kompresjon av nervus medianus etter streptokinasebehandling.