Delayed high median neuropathy after supracondylar humeral fracture. A case report and review of the literature.
Compression neuropathy of the median nerve around the elbow is an uncommon yet well-recognized clinical entity. Acute compression can occur after trauma to the elbow, whereas prolonged compression neuropathy usually involves compression under a normal or aberrant anatomic structure. The authors present a case of severe median nerve compression neuropathy above the elbow that occurred several months after a supracondylar humeral fracture in a previously asymptomatic adolescent with aberrant soft tissue anatomy.
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.
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D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography