title: Intraneural mucous cysts of peripheral nerves.
abstract: We present three cases of a rare mucous cyst inside the peripheral nerves of the upper extremity; a lateral cutaneous nerve of the forearm, a dorsal sensory branch of the ulnar nerve, and a median nerve at the wrist. All our cases were intraneural, and we excised longitudinal strips of the cyst wall between nerve fascicles in all, preserving nerve function in each case.
authors.affiliation: Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mody
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pollack
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005542:Forearm / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D009078:Mucocele / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014459:Ulnar Nerve