Supracondylar process of the humerus: a rare case with compression of the ulnar nerve.
A patient presented with a 6-month history of numbness and pain in the left forearm and hand over the ulnar nerve distribution. Radiographs showed a supracondylar process, which was excised. The ulnar nerve had been compressed. The patient was symptom-free two months postoperatively.
Orthopaedic Department, 2nd IKA ETAM Hospital Panagia, Thessaloniki, Greece. tzaveas@hotmail.com
Alexandros P
AP
Tzaveas
Anastasios G
AG
Dimitriadis
Konstantinos I
KI
Antoniou
Ioannis G
IG
Pazis
Georgios K
GK
Paraskevas
Aristidis N
AN
Vrettakos
D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006987:Hypesthesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011859:Radiography; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult