A case of bilateral ulnar nerve palsy in a patient with traumatic brain injury and heterotopic ossification.
Heterotopic ossification after head injury may occur in the elbow joint. Rarely does this lead to entrapment of the ulnar nerve. We describe the case of a 20-year-old patient who developed heterotopic ossification 6 weeks after a traumatic brain injury. She subsequently developed bilateral ulnar nerve palsy which was confirmed by electrodiagnostic studies and treated by transposition of the ulnar nerve.
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Department of Neurology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
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D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017769:Ulnar Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology