GUYONS CANAL SYNDROME - A DIFFERENT CLINICAL PRESENTATION CAUSED BY AN ATYPICAL FIBROUS BAND

Authors
HIROOKA T HASHIZUME H NAGOSHI M SHIGEYAMA Y INOUE H
Citation
T. Hirooka et al., GUYONS CANAL SYNDROME - A DIFFERENT CLINICAL PRESENTATION CAUSED BY AN ATYPICAL FIBROUS BAND, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 22B(1), 1997, pp. 52-53
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of hand surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667681
Volume
22B
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
52 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(1997)22B:1<52:GCS-AD>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
An atypical case of Guyon's canal syndrome is reported. A 40-year-old woman with hypoaesthesia and claw-finger deformity of the little finge r, hypothenar muscle atrophy but no first dorsal interosseous muscle a trophy, underwent release of a fibrous band to decompress the ulnar ne rve at the deep branch just proximal to the branch to the abductor dig iti minimi muscle. The claw-finger deformity recovered 1 week after su rgery.