Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report

Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We describe a case of an 8-year-old boy who developed a combined motor and sensory neuropathy of the distal ulnar nerve, after sustaining a superficial injury to the right flexor carpi ulnaris tendon at the level of the distal wrist crease. Guyon's canal syn...

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Main Authors: Sevinç Teoman, Doğramacı Yunus, Kalacı Aydıner, Yanat Ahmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2008-05-01
Series:Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
Online Access:http://www.jbppni.com/content/3/1/16
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spelling doaj-678fdbdaf4e147f2a4dbdc61395db3122020-11-25T02:58:16ZengGeorg Thieme Verlag KGJournal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury1749-72212008-05-01311610.1186/1749-7221-3-16Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case reportSevinç TeomanDoğramacı YunusKalacı AydınerYanat Ahmet<p>Abstract</p> <p>We describe a case of an 8-year-old boy who developed a combined motor and sensory neuropathy of the distal ulnar nerve, after sustaining a superficial injury to the right flexor carpi ulnaris tendon at the level of the distal wrist crease. Guyon's canal syndrome is a very rare entity during childhood. We have noted only one prior description of this syndrome in the pediatric age group in a review of the English literature.</p> http://www.jbppni.com/content/3/1/16
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Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report
Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
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title Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report
title_short Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report
title_full Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report
title_fullStr Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report
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publisher Georg Thieme Verlag KG
series Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury
issn 1749-7221
publishDate 2008-05-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>We describe a case of an 8-year-old boy who developed a combined motor and sensory neuropathy of the distal ulnar nerve, after sustaining a superficial injury to the right flexor carpi ulnaris tendon at the level of the distal wrist crease. Guyon's canal syndrome is a very rare entity during childhood. We have noted only one prior description of this syndrome in the pediatric age group in a review of the English literature.</p>
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