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Necrotic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a Child
Author(s) -
Maldonado García César,
Valente Duarte de Sousa Isabel Cristina,
López Cepeda Larissa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.12066
Subject(s) - medicine , carpal tunnel syndrome , wrist , median nerve , carpal tunnel , surgery , carpal bones , nail (fastener) , materials science , metallurgy
Median nerve entrapment at the wrist level causes carpal tunnel syndrome ( CTS ). Although frequent in adults, CTS is a rare entity in children. Bouvier described an exceptional necrotic variant in 1979 in which skin, nail, and bone lesions are typical. We report the case of a 10‐year‐old child with necrotic CTS secondary to trauma. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in a child.