Ulnar nerve compression in Guyon's canal caused by a pseudotumor of the pisiform.
A rare case of ulnar nerve compression at the wrist by a hypertrophic pisiform is reported. The patient was treated with pisiform bone excision, and this resulted in complete relief of symptoms with no functional deficit.
Antuña
S A
SA
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asturias Central Hospital, Oviedo, Spain.
Gutierrez
C F
CF
Paz Jimenez
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D014459:Ulnar Nerve