Acute median nerve compression at the distal forearm caused by a thrombosed aneurysm of an epineural vessel: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 194-196

  Fricker, Renato ^a   Fuhr, Peter ^b   Pippert, Holger ^b   Troeger, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Electroneurography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Median nerve; Nerve compression syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOREARM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; THROMBOSIS; VEINS;

EID: 0030052460     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199601000-00044     Document Type: Article

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