Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis associated with danazol administration

Acral osteolysis in bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common neurological condition with rare yet potentially serious cutaneous and skeletal complications. We present a case of mutilating/ulcerating bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in a 63 year old female. Radiographs showed symmetrical acral osteolysis in the index and middle fingers distal phalanges bilaterally. Carpal tunnel decompressions provided symptomatic relief.

Carpal tunnel syndrome associated with Kienböck disease

We retrospectively reviewed 12 patients (3 men and 9 women, with a mean age of 72 years) who were surgically treated for carpal tunnel syndrome associated with Kienböck disease. All patients except 1 were incidentally diagnosed with Kienböck disease and had little or no wrist pain. Radiographic tests revealed advanced Kienböck disease in all patients. Intraoperative findings indicated that the ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome in early rheumatoid arthritis.

[Carpal tunnel syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis].

The term carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) refers to the clinical condition presenting with paraesthesiae or dysaesthesiae in the median nerve distribution, and coincidental impairment of function of those muscles of the thenar eminence supplied by the median nerve, with or without objective motor and sensory signs. This was first adequately described by Brain, Wright, and Wilkinson (1947) and is at...

ACUPUNCTURE AND CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME About carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome comprises potentially disabling sensory and/or motor symptoms in the hand. Around 1 in 10 people develop carpal tunnel syndrome at some point, and it is particularly common in women (Hughes 2007), with one study in the UK indicating an incidence of 139.4 cases per 100,000 women per year and 67.2 cases per 100,000 men (Bland 2003). The condition carries considerable implic...