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Sonography of entrapment neuropathies in the upper limb (wrist excluded)
Author(s) -
Martinoli Carlo,
Bianchi Stefano,
Pugliese Francesca,
Bacigalupo Lorenzo,
Gauglio Cristina,
Valle Maura,
Derchi Lorenzo E.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20067
Subject(s) - medicine , entrapment neuropathy , ulnar neuropathy , anatomy , axillary nerve , nerve compression syndrome , cubital tunnel , upper limb , elbow , wrist , entrapment , carpal tunnel syndrome , surgery , ulnar nerve , cubital tunnel syndrome , brachial plexus
The progressive refinement of broadband transducers with frequencies higher than 10 MHz and improved near‐field resolution has enhanced the potential of sonography to evaluate a variety of nerve entrapment syndromes occurring in the upper limb, such as suprascapular neuropathy in the area of the spinoglenoid‐supraspinous notch, the quadrilateral space syndrome (axillary neuropathy), radial neuropathy in the area of the spiral groove, the supinator syndrome (posterior interosseous neuropathy), the cubital tunnel syndrome (ulnar neuropathy), and the Kiloh‐Nevin syndrome (anterior interosseous neuropathy). In these settings, high‐resolution sonography can depict changes in the nerve's shape and echotexture and can depict many extrinsic causes of nerve entrapment. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 32:438–450, 2004