Neurogenic positional pedal neuritis is a presentation of neuritic symptoms in one or both feet usually affected by body position, specifically, the position of the spine. Its etiology is similar to that of neurogenic-induced claudication caused by spinal stenosis in that the symptoms are caused by compression or irritation of nerves of the lower lumbosacral spine, usually the fifth lumbar and ...

BACKGROUND Median nerve neuropathy caused by compression from a tumor in the forearm is rare. Cases with anterior wrist ganglion have high recurrence rates despite surgical treatment. Here, we report the recurrence of an anterior wrist ganglion that originated from the Scaphotrapezial joint due to incomplete resection and that caused median nerve neuropathy in the distal forearm. CASE PRESENT...

Single center, retrospective review between January 1, 2017, and April 3, 2020. Ninety-six patients (female, 75; mean age, 27 years) underwent 103 computed tomography (CT)‒guided percutaneous celiac plexus block (CPB) procedures for a presumptive diagnosis of median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS). Technical success was achieved in 102 cases. No major adverse events were reported. The prevalen...

Ganglia were first described by Hippocrates, as `knots of tissue' containing `mucoid flesh' (1). They occur most commonly at the wrist and occasionally at the knee. They usually present with pain and rarely cause compressive neuropathies. Hartwell (2) in 1901 first described peripheral nerve (median nerve) involvement by a ganglion. In 1921, Sultan (3) reported a patient with paralysis of the c...

Nerve compression syndromes caused by non-neural tumours or tumour-like lesions are rare. We retrospectively reviewed 541 consecutive patients operated on by the same surgeon to study nerve compression syndromes in the forearm and hand. There were 414 due to nerve compression and 127 caused by tumours. Twenty-two patients showed compression neuropathy associated with 17 tumours and six tumour-l...

Purpose: To evaluate functional and structural deficits in a canine model of compressive optic neuropathy (CON). Methods: CON was induced in healthy beagles by implanting a silicone implant into the orbit and inducing optic nerve compression for 24 hours. Retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness was evaluated using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Pattern electroretinography (pERG) was per...

BACKGROUND Compression of the median nerve by a tumour in the elbow and forearm region is rare. We present a case of neuropathy of the median nerve secondary to compression by giant lipoma in the proximal forearm. CASE PRESENTATION A 46-year-old man presented with a six month history of gradually worsening numbness and paresthesia on the palmar aspect of the left thumb and thenar eminence. Cl...