title: Carpal tunnel syndrome in children.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Carpal tunnel syndrome or median neuropathy at the wrist is a rare condition in children. Of the reported patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, mucopolysaccharidoses and the mucolipidoses are the most common causes.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report 13 patients between the ages of 2 and 17 years of age with carpal tunnel syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mucopolysaccharidoses was the cause in one child. In other children, trauma to the median nerve, malformations of the wrist, brachial plexopathy, obesity, inherited susceptibility to pressure palsies (PMP 22 gene deletion), and family history of median neuropathy at the wrist were identified. All patients had hand pain, numbness, and paresthesias in their hands. The nerve conduction studies showed prolongation of median sensory nerve latency and distal motor latency in median nerve.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs in children and a variety of risk factors predispose to its occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi.
authors.forename: Lamar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi. Electronic address: vvedanarayanan@umc.edu.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Vedanarayanan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002349:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004576:Electromyography; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009083:Mucopolysaccharidoses / Q000503:physiopathology; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009431:Neural Conduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D009185:Myelin Proteins; C073687:PMP22 protein, human
keywords: carpal tunnel syndrome; children; median neuropathy; risk factors