Open AccessBilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and multiple trigger fingers in a child with mucolipidosis Type III disease
Author(s) -
Ahmadreza Afshar
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of plastic surgery/indian journal of plastic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.299
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1998-376X
pISSN - 0970-0358
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0358.90845
Subject(s) - carpal tunnel syndrome , medicine , carpal tunnel release , carpal tunnel , surgery , mucolipidosis , trigger finger , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme , alternative medicine
This report presents a five-year-old girl with mucolipidosis Type III disease who had bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome and eight trigger fingers. Bilateral open carpal tunnel release was performed. The trigger fingers were treated with A1 and A3 pulleys release and the ulnar slips of the flexor digitorum superficialis tendons were removed.