Giant median nerve in bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

Indian J Plast Surg. 2013 Jan;46(1):140-2. doi: 10.4103/0970-0358.113735.

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.

Keywords: Blood-nerve barrier; carpal tunnel syndrome; compressive neuropathy; median nerve; neural edema.

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