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AAEE case report #15: Ulnar neuropathy at or distal to the wrist
Author(s) -
Olney Richard K.,
Hanson Maurice
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880110805
Subject(s) - medicine , ulnar neuropathy , wrist , ulnar nerve , weakness , electrodiagnosis , surgery , anatomy , elbow
A 56‐year‐old woman developed insidiously progressive, painless weakness of her left hand. Clinical and electrodiagnostic abnormalities were limited to the motor function of the hand, with the hypothenar less affected than more distal ulnar muscles. Compression of the distal ulnar nerve by a ganglionic cyst was surgically relieved and there was postoperative improvement. The electrodiagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at or distal to the wrist is reviewed together with relevant anatomic and clinical aspects of these uncommon lesions.