title: Severe carpal tunnel syndrome in a patient with juvenile idiopathic arthritis due to proximal migration of hypertrophic lumbrical muscles.
abstract: We report a new case of pediatric carpal tunnel syndrome in a patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Symptoms were mainly motor weakness and severe atrophy of the thenar.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, UZ Pellenberg, Weligerveld, 1, 3212 Lubbeek, Pellenberg, Belgium. luc.desmet@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wouters
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000150:complications*; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures