title: [Sub-epitrochlear apophysis. A source of median nerve compression. Review of the literature].
abstract: The supracondylar process in an osseous spur located above the medial condyle of the humerus. It may be responsible for compression of the median, as well as the ulnar, nerves. Diagnostic must be directed in this direction whenever a deficit is found in the nerve distribution territory of one of these nerves.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008475:Median Nerve; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: L'apophyse sus-épitrochléenne. Une source de compression du nerf médian. Revue de la littérature.