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Parvovirus B19-induced acute bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome in twin girls

Author(s) -

Hale Sakallı,

Esra Baskın,

Şefik Dener

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 2589-1294

pISSN - 1017-995X

DOI - 10.3944/aott.2015.13.0020

Subject(s) - medicine , carpal tunnel syndrome , parvovirus , serology , polymerase chain reaction , immunology , surgery , virus , gene , antibody , biochemistry , chemistry

We describe 2 cases of 6-year-old twin girls presenting with acute carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) associated with human parvovirus B19 (HPV-B19) infection, as evidenced by serological data and detection of HPV-B19 DNA in blood with use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). To our knowledge, this is the first time that HPV-B19 infection has been suggested as the causal agent of simultaneous acute bilateral CTS in twins, thus presenting the possibility that similar immunologic responses can be observed in twins during viral infections.

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