A case of the carpal tunnel syndrome is described which occurred simultaneously with congestive cardiac failure. As the cardiac failure responded to treatment the carpal tunnel syndrome improved dramatically.

Women with mammary hypertrophy who present for reduction mammaplasty have several well-described musculoskeletal complaints, but a high prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome has not been reported. We identified 151 patients from a plastic surgery practice who underwent reduction mammaplasty from 1994 to 1996. To this group we added a convenience sample of 64 women volunteers with relatively smal...

The diagnosis of common carpal tunnel syndrome, usually relies only on clinical grounds and electromyographic study. We present a 60-year-old woman who was diagnosed with systemic primary AL amyloidosis many years after the carpal tunnel syndrome had begun.

Background: Only a few studies have addressed seamen’s health although they have dangerous working conditions. We studied musculoskeletal diseases among fishermen and seafarers with focus on carpal tunnel syndrome and rotator cuff syndrome. Methods: Cohorts of all male Danish seafarers 1986-1998 and fishermen 1964-1998. We calculated standardised incidence ratios (SIR) and compared SIRs for two...

In 14 patients tarsal tunnel syndrome was associated with varus heels and pronated, splayed forefeet. Review of the literature and the author's experience suggest that these conditions may be a common cause of the tarsal tunnel syndrome. Treatment of fixed varus deformities of the heel by outer heel wedges has been shown to be ineffective. Although outer heel wedges provide symptomatic relief i...

This report describes three patients with reflex sympathetic dystrophy complicating carpal tunnel syndrome. Pain disproportionate and more diffuse than that commonly associated with carpal tunnel syndrome suggested the associated diagnosis in each patient and facilitated prompt management.

Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common peripheral nerve compression syndrome. It is the most common peripheral neuropathy of the ulnar nerve. The surgical treatment of the cubital tunnel syndrome is widely described in the literature, however the variations of the standard muscular anatomy in the medial humeral epicondyle region may create technical difficulties during surgical manag...

SYNOPSIS The validity of upper-limb neurodynamic tests (ULNTs) for detecting peripheral neuropathic pain (PNP) was assessed by reviewing the evidence on plausibility, the definition of a positive test, reliability, and concurrent validity. Evidence was identified by a structured search for peer-reviewed articles published in English before May 2011. The quality of concurrent validity studies wa...

Carpal tunnel syndrome can be secondary in some patients, and vascular anomalies (usually a persistent median artery), median nerve variations, or both are among the etiologic factors. High division of the median nerve proximal to the carpal tunnel (known as a bifid median nerve) is a median nerve anomaly that has an incidence rate of 2.8%. This rare entity is often associated with various abno...

Figure 1. T2 turbo spin-echo weighted magnetic resonance imaging demonstrating a space-occupying lesion in the radial tunnel. L indicates lesion; R, proximal radius.