Anatomic variation--a bony canal for the median nerve at the distal humerus: a case report.
We report a rare anatomic variation in which the median nerve travels in a bony canal of the distal humerus, separating from the brachial artery. We encountered this during neurolysis for posttraumatic median nerve palsy in a 10-year-old boy. We suggest that this anatomic variation was related strongly to this patient's median nerve palsy.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kenichi
K
Kazuki
Takeshi
T
Egi
Mitsuhiro
M
Okada
Kunio
K
Takaoka
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000294:innervation*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000092464:Elbow Injuries