TY - JOUR
T1 - Bilateral Bifid Median Nerve with Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
T2 - An Atypical Presentation, a Rare Cause and a Familiar Disease
AU - Bhat, Anil K.
AU - Acharya, Ashwath M.
AU - Narayana Kurup, Jayakrishnan K.
AU - Chakraborti, Abhishek
PY - 2018/6/1
Y1 - 2018/6/1
N2 - We report a case of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) with bilateral bifid median nerve (BMN) without a persistent median artery diagnosed by clinical examination, NCV and Ultrasonography. Bilateral BMN to produce bilateral CTS is extremely rare and is contrary to the popular classifications which state that BMN without persistent median artery or its anomalies will not produce CTS. Ultrasonogram is of additional help to identify such aberrations in the median nerve to prevent iatrogenic injuries during carpal tunnel decompression.
AB - We report a case of bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) with bilateral bifid median nerve (BMN) without a persistent median artery diagnosed by clinical examination, NCV and Ultrasonography. Bilateral BMN to produce bilateral CTS is extremely rare and is contrary to the popular classifications which state that BMN without persistent median artery or its anomalies will not produce CTS. Ultrasonogram is of additional help to identify such aberrations in the median nerve to prevent iatrogenic injuries during carpal tunnel decompression.
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U2 - 10.1142/S2424835518720165
DO - 10.1142/S2424835518720165
M3 - Article
C2 - 29734910
AN - SCOPUS:85053128693
SN - 2424-8355
VL - 23
SP - 274
EP - 277
JO - The journal of hand surgery Asian-Pacific volume
JF - The journal of hand surgery Asian-Pacific volume
IS - 2
ER -