title: [Acute carpal tunnel syndrome in a patient with Marfan syndrome].
abstract: Acute carpal tunnel syndrome (ACTS) is rare and is mostly the result of fractures of the distal radius or the carpal bones. This paper gives the first report of an ACTS following contusion of the wrist as the result of an extensive haematoma of the flexor tendon sheath, which did not appear until 50 hours after the injury was sustained but then developed rapidly. The patient suffers from Marfan syndrome. This disease is associated with pathologic changes to the major vessels, and especially the aorta, and of the smaller peripheral vessels. It is assumed that the haematoma arose from an aneurysm of such a small vessel. The treatment of choice in ACTS is emergency incision of the carpal tunnel.
authors.affiliation: BG Unfallklinik Ludwigshafen, Klinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, Ludwigshafen, Germany. jfranke@bgu-ludwigshafen.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Franke
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wenzel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rehfuss
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Keiner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manncke
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013710:Tendons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery