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FOCAL TENOSYNOVIAL AMYLOID DEPOSITION AS A RARE CAUSE OF MEDIAN NERVE COMPRESSION AT THE WRIST
Author(s) -
Subramaniam P.,
Harpe D.,
Corlett R. J.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb01922.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wrist , median nerve , carpal tunnel , compression (physics) , carpal tunnel syndrome , radiology , anatomy , materials science , composite material
Although certain local and systemic aetiologies for the carpal‐tunnel syndrome are known, a large number of cases of this syndrome do not have a conclusive aetiology. We present a case of histologically proven focal tenosynovial deposition of amyloid presenting as a rare cause of median nerve compression at the wrist.