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.
Kazuki
Kenichi
K
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Egi
Takeshi
T
Okada
Mitsuhiro
M
Takaoka
Kunio
K
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