title: [Hemorrhagic compression of the median nerve after streptokinase treatment].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk avdeling, Köping.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Naess
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blom
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013300:Streptokinase
vernacular_title: Hemoragisk kompresjon av nervus medianus etter streptokinasebehandling.