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[Carpal tunnel syndrome due to a cavernous hemangioma of the median nerve]. 2003

Haluk H Oztekin, and Ahmet A Karaarslan

Karşiyaka Devlet Hastanesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Kliniği. hhoztekin@isbank.net.tr

Median nerve hemangiomas causing carpal tunnel syndrome are very rare. The number of reported cases is less than ten, all of which resulted in recurrences. We present a 35-year-old woman who developed median nerve hemangioma in her left wrist. The mass was removed by epineural resection and the patient's complaints disappeared after a while. During a six-year follow-up no recurrences were detected.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008475	Median Nerve	A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibers of the median nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C6 to T1), travel via the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to parts of the forearm and hand.	Median Nerves,Nerve, Median,Nerves, Median
D010524	Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms	Neoplasms which arise from peripheral nerve tissue. This includes NEUROFIBROMAS; SCHWANNOMAS; GRANULAR CELL TUMORS; and malignant peripheral NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 5th ed, pp1750-1)	Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms,Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms, Benign,Peripheral Nerve Neoplasms, Malignant,Peripheral Nerve Neoplastic Infiltration,Peripheral Nerve Tumors,Peripheral Nervous System Benign Neoplasms,Peripheral Nervous System Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasm, Peripheral Nerve,Neoplasms, Peripheral Nerve,Nerve Neoplasm, Peripheral,Nerve Neoplasms, Peripheral,Nerve Tumor, Peripheral,Nerve Tumors, Peripheral,Peripheral Nerve Neoplasm,Peripheral Nerve Tumor,Tumor, Peripheral Nerve,Tumors, Peripheral Nerve
D002349	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	Entrapment of the MEDIAN NERVE in the carpal tunnel, which is formed by the flexor retinaculum and the CARPAL BONES. This syndrome may be associated with repetitive occupational trauma (CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS); wrist injuries; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; rheumatoid arthritis (see ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID); ACROMEGALY; PREGNANCY; and other conditions. Symptoms include burning pain and paresthesias involving the ventral surface of the hand and fingers which may radiate proximally. Impairment of sensation in the distribution of the median nerve and thenar muscle atrophy may occur. (Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1995, Ch51, p45)	Compression Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel,Entrapment Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel,Amyotrophy, Thenar, Of Carpal Origin,Median Neuropathy, Carpal Tunnel,Carpal Tunnel Syndromes,Syndrome, Carpal Tunnel,Syndromes, Carpal Tunnel
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260	Female		Females
D006392	Hemangioma, Cavernous	A vascular anomaly that is a collection of tortuous BLOOD VESSELS and connective tissue. This tumor-like mass with the large vascular space is filled with blood and usually appears as a strawberry-like lesion in the subcutaneous areas of the face, extremities, or other regions of the body including the central nervous system.	Angioma, Cavernous,Cavernous Angioma,Cavernous Hemangioma,Strawberry Hemangiomas,Cavernous Hemangiomas,Hemangioma, Strawberry,Hemangiomas, Cavernous,Hemangiomas, Strawberry,Strawberry Hemangioma
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D020423	Median Neuropathy	Disease involving the median nerve, from its origin at the BRACHIAL PLEXUS to its termination in the hand. Clinical features include weakness of wrist and finger flexion, forearm pronation, thenar abduction, and loss of sensation over the lateral palm, first three fingers, and radial half of the ring finger. Common sites of injury include the elbow, where the nerve passes through the two heads of the pronator teres muscle (pronator syndrome) and in the carpal tunnel (CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME).	Median Nerve Diseases,Medial Neuropathy, Distal,Median Mononeuropathy,Median Nerve Entrapment,Median Nerve Entrapment Neuropathy,Median Nerve Neuralgia,Median Nerve Neuropathy,Median Neuropathy, Proximal,Neuropathy, Median,Distal Medial Neuropathies,Distal Medial Neuropathy,Entrapment, Median Nerve,Median Mononeuropathies,Median Nerve Disease,Median Nerve Entrapments,Median Nerve Neuralgias,Median Nerve Neuropathies,Median Neuropathies,Mononeuropathy, Median,Nerve Disease, Median,Nerve Entrapment, Median,Nerve Neuropathy, Median,Neuralgia, Median Nerve,Neuropathy, Distal Medial,Neuropathy, Median Nerve,Neuropathy, Proximal Median,Proximal Median Neuropathies,Proximal Median Neuropathy