Supracondylar process of the humerus: a rare case with compression of the ulnar nerve

Alexandros P Tzaveas; Anastasios G Dimitriadis; Konstantinos I Antoniou; Ioannis G Pazis; Georgios K Paraskevas; Aristidis N Vrettakos

doi:10.3109/02844310903123320

Supracondylar process of the humerus: a rare case with compression of the ulnar nerve

J Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2010 Dec;44(6):325-6. doi: 10.3109/02844310903123320. Epub 2010 Feb 17.

Authors

Alexandros P Tzaveas¹, Anastasios G Dimitriadis, Konstantinos I Antoniou, Ioannis G Pazis, Georgios K Paraskevas, Aristidis N Vrettakos

Affiliation

¹ Orthopaedic Department, 2nd IKA ETAM Hospital Panagia, Thessaloniki, Greece. tzaveas@hotmail.com

PMID: 20158419
DOI: 10.3109/02844310903123320

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Decompression, Surgical / methods
Elbow Joint / diagnostic imaging
Elbow Joint / physiopathology*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forearm
Humans
Humerus / abnormalities*
Humerus / diagnostic imaging
Humerus / surgery
Hypesthesia / diagnosis
Hypesthesia / etiology
Nerve Compression Syndromes / diagnostic imaging
Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology
Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery*
Pain Measurement
Radiography
Risk Assessment
Treatment Outcome
Ulnar Nerve / diagnostic imaging
Ulnar Nerve / physiopathology
Ulnar Nerve / surgery*
Young Adult