title: Asymptomatic calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease causing carpal tunnel syndrome: case report.
abstract: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease typically involves the wrist joint in the form of calcifications of the triangular fibrocartilage and the distal radioulnar joint. We describe an 87-year-old male who presented to us with asymptomatic form of deposition with multiple flexor tendon calcifications causing chronic median nerve compression. Simple carpal tunnel decompression relieved his median nerve symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ogori Daiichi General Hospital, Yamaguchi 754-0002, Japan. chaitu123in@gmail.com
authors.forename: Chaitanya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dodakundi
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Kazuteru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Soutetsu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujihara
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002805:Chondrocalcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed