title: [Post-traumatic medial nerve injury due to a foreign body].
abstract: A case of delayed injury to the median nerve by glass fragment is described. A median nerve palsy developed 3 years after a minor injury, totally forgotten by patient. A 34-year-old patient presented with a painful progressive median nerve lesion, with a Tinel sign just below elbow. Surgical exploration revealed a glass fragment in close proximity to median nerve. The foreign body was removed. Improvement was noted immediately, but the patient continues to have slight paresthesiae in the fingers 1 year later.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Cedex, France. didier.vincent@chlr.rss.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richardot
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Le Trong
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hervochon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Latinville
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020423:Median Neuropathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology