title: Carpal tunnel syndrome in children.
abstract: Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition rarely encountered in infants. We describe five patients with nine involved hands. One was reported earlier. In three cases the cause of carpal tunnel syndrome is a storage disease: one girl with mucolipidosis type III and a boy and a girl with mucopolysaccharidosis type I. The fourth case is a girl presenting with unilateral macrodactyly of the right third and fourth digits. The last case involves a boy with familial carpal tunnel syndrome. We briefly discuss these patients and review the literature since 1989.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Pellenberg University Hospital, Lubbeek, Pellenberg, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Van Meir
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009431:Neural Conduction; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010372:Pediatrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome