title: Acute calcification and carpal tunnel syndrome.
abstract: Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common diagnosis, and often there is no identifiable cause. We describe the case of a patient who developed acute symptoms secondary to calcification in the carpal tunnel. The patient was treated by decompression, and made a slow, but uneventful recovery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged