"Life" above the neck: brain tumour presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition with many aetiologies. We present a case report of a glioblastoma which presented as carpal tunnel syndrome, and highlights that the most proximal site for pathology is not the spinal cord.
Dunkow
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Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust, Tameside General Hospital, UK.
Bhutta
Aqeel
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Pena
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*