Carpal tunnel syndrome in Lyme borreliosis | Zendy

Halperin John J. | Zendy; Volkman David J. | Zendy; Luft Benjamin J. | Zendy; Dattwyler Raymond J. | Zendy

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Carpal tunnel syndrome in Lyme borreliosis

Author(s) -

Halperin John J.,

Volkman David J.,

Luft Benjamin J.,

Dattwyler Raymond J.

Publication year - 1989

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.880120510

Subject(s) - carpal tunnel syndrome , medicine , wrist , median nerve , lyme disease , lyme borreliosis , carpal tunnel , borrelia burgdorferi , peripheral neuropathy , surgery , lyme , entrapment neuropathy , diabetes mellitus , virology , antibody , immunology , endocrinology

Neurophysiologic evidence of median nerve entrapment in the carpal tunnel was present in 25% of patients with late Lyme borreliosis. Sixty‐eight of 76 consecutive, prospectively studied patients with late Lyme underwent neurophysiologic testing. Nineteen reported intermittent hand paresthesias; 17 had neurophysiologically confirmed carpal tunnel syndrome. This was not consistently associated with clinically apparent wrist arthritis or with neurophysiologically evident peripheral neuropathy. We conclude that a significant proportion of patients with late Lyme borreliosis develop carpal tunnel syndrome.

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