title: Localized constrictive radial neuropathy in the absence of extrinsic compression: three cases.
abstract: Three patients, one with bilateral disease, experienced spontaneous onset of radial nerve dysfunction. Each demonstrated significant motor paralysis and had surgical exploration 3 weeks to 3 months after symptoms were first noted. All three patients showed well-localized hourglass constrictions of the radial nerve that could not be attributed to extrinsic compression. Each subsequently required tendon transfers for a persistent radial nerve palsy. Each showed electrical evidence of late recovery, although this was incomplete in two out of three.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D013709:Tendon Transfer