title: Acute carpal tunnel syndrome caused by pigmented villonodular synovitis of the wrist.
abstract: An 89-year-old woman developed an acute carpal tunnel syndrome secondary to hemarthrosis associated with pigmented villonodular synovitis of the wrist. Pigmented villonodular synovitis is rare in a patient of this age and is an unusual cause of carpal tunnel syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Davis, Sacramento.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Chidgey
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Szabo
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wiese
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013585:Synovitis / Q000150:complications*; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging