Drop hand in a 12-year-old girl: radial nerve at peril due to knitting.
Reported here is a 12-year-old girl who suffered numbness and weakness in her right hand. She was diagnosed to have a right-sided radial nerve injury proximal to the supinator muscle. To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first report of a child with radial nerve entrapment due to intense knitting.
Yüksel
Selçuk
S
Department of Pediatrics, Bursa Cekirge Children's Hospital, Bursa, Turkey.
Ozçakar
Levent
L
Kayserili
Kemal
K
Yüksel
Gülten
G
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011826:Radial Nerve / Q000293:injuries*