title: Giant median nerve in bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.
abstract: We introduce a middle age healthy man with sequential bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. At the surgery, we encountered a wide median nerve in both wrists. Although enlargement of median nerve in carpal tunnel has been well documented, 25 mm width of the nerve is a rare scene, underscoring that leaving the nerve under the unyielding pressure would lead to a fibrous atrophic median nerve.
authors: Department of Surgery, Shamsoshomoos Hospital, Malekoshoara Bahar 54, Shariati Square, Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran.
authors: Hosein Ahmadzadeh
authors: HA
authors: Chabok
keywords: Blood-nerve barrier; carpal tunnel syndrome; compressive neuropathy; median nerve; neural edema
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