Bipartite hamulus with ulnar tunnel syndrome--case report and literature review.
Increasing reports of fractured hamate hooks have provided a sharper focus on causes, diagnosis, treatment, and associated anomalies such as ulnar neuropathy, bipartition, and accessory ossicles. This case report, presenting ulnar tunnel syndrome with bilateral hamulus bipartition, illustrates the relation between these anomalies.
D000328:Adult; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000293:injuries; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000293:injuries