Digital nerve compression by hyperplastic Pacinian corpuscles. A case report and immunohistochemical study.
A 68-year-old lady developed digital pain within days of the excision of a palmar ganglion. This was found to be due to a mass of hyperplastic Pacinian corpuscles compressing the digital nerve. Immunohistochemistry was carried out on the resected corpuscles using antisera to a range of neuropeptides. Possible mechanisms of hyperplasia are discussed.
Calder
J S
JS
Blond-McIndoe Medical Research Centre, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, UK.
Holten
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Terenghi
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Smith
R W
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D000368:Aged; D001369:Axons / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000032:analysis; D010141:Pacinian Corpuscles / Q000473:pathology*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
D009479:Neuropeptides