Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Due to Hydroxyapatite Crystal Deposition Disease

Journal of Hand and Microsurgery

Sameer Raniga¹  Hosam Zaki¹  Mina George¹  Vijay Shanmugam¹  S. S. Suresh¹ 

[1] Department of Orthopaedics, Ibri Regional Referral Hospital, PO Box 46, Ibri, 516 Sultanate of Oman

关键词: Hand;    Carpal tunnel syndrome;    Calcific tendinitis;    Median nerve;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s12593-012-0076-9

学科分类：外科医学

来源: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

The most commonly encountered entrapment neuropathy is carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Carpal tunnel syndrome could be due to increase in the contents of the tunnel or a decrease in size of the tunnel. Unilateral carpal tunnel syndrome has been described following carpal bone injuries, distal radius fractures and metacarpal fractures [1]. Space occupying lesions of carpal tunnel may be caused by tumors, gouty tophi, pseudogout [2], sequlae of distal radius fractures, and post traumatic osteophytes [3]. Hydroxyapatite crystal, the most abundant form of calcium in the human skeleton, may get deposited in the soft tissues around the wrist, and when deposited in the carpal tunnel may lead to carpal tunnel syndrome [4–6].

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