CUBITAL TUNNEL-SYNDROME IN A PATIENT IN LONG-TERM HEMODIALYSIS

The onset mechanism of cubital tunnel syndrome and carpal tunnel syndr ome may be similar in haemodialysis patients. Carpal tunnel syndrome i s well recognized as a consequence of dialysis-associated amyloidosis. This case report documents the development of cubital tunnel syndrome in a patient on haemodialysis treatment for 10 years. Proliferating g ranulation tissue at the elbow had entrapped and displaced the ulnar n erve. This was corrected surgically, and the patient experienced immed iate relief of the numbness and the ''tingling'', but the muscular atr ophy had not improved after 8 months.