title: Traumatic rupture of median artery an unusual cause for acute median nerve compression.
abstract: Previous case reports of haemorrhage into the carpal tunnel causing median nerve compression were extraneural and usually associated with a blood dyscrasia although Watson Jones reported one due to direct trauma and Hayden recorded spontaneous intraneural haemorrhage not associated with trauma. We describe a case of intraneural haemorrhage, involving the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, due to indirect trauma and not associated with a blood dyscrasia. The condition required intraneural decompression to obtain relief.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D012421:Rupture; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000098:blood supply