Possible anatomic structures causing entrapment neuropathies of the median nerve: An anatomic study

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-176

  Bilecenoglu, Burak ^a   Uz, Aysun ^a   Karalezli, Nazim ^a,b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; APONEUROSIS; ARM; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CADAVER; ELBOW; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE COMPRESSION; X RAY FILM;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY;

EID: 18944374685     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Al-Qattan MM. Gantzer's muscle : An anatomical study of the accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus muscle. J Hand Surg 1996 ; 21-B : 269-270.
2. nd edition, Güneş Kitabevi, Ankara, 2001, pp 162-171.
3. Barnard BL, McCoy MS. The supracondyloid process of the humerus. J Bone Joint Surg 1946 ; 28-A : 845-850.
4. Bassett FH 3rd, Spinner RJ, Schroeter TA. Brachial artery compression by the lacertus fibrosus. Clin Orthop 1994 ; 307 : 110-116.
5. th edition. Churchill Livingstone, London, 1995, pp 1270-1272.
6. Biemans RG. Brachial artery entrapment syndrome. Intermittent arterial compression as a result of muscular hypertrophy. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 1977 ; 18 : 367-371.
7. Birch R, Bonney G, Parry CBW. Surgical Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh, London, 1998, pp 282-285.
8. Crotti FM, Mangiagalli EP, Rampini P. Supracondyloid process and anomalous insertion of pronator teres as sources of median nerve neuralgia. J Neurosurg Sci 1981 ; 25 : 41-44.
9. Dellon AL. Musculotendinous variations about the medial humeral epicondyle. J Hand Surg 1986 ; 11-B : 175-181.
10. Dellon AL, Mackinnon SE. Musculoaponeurotic variations along the course of the median nerve in the proximal forearm. J Hand Surg 1987 ; 12-B : 359-363.
11. Dykes J, Anson BJ. The accessory tendon of the flexor pollicis longus muscle. Anat Rec 1944 ; 90 : 83-89.
12. Elhan A, Güngör T. Processus Supracondylaris konusunda inceleme. Ankara Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Mecmuasi 1978, cilt : 31, sayi : IV, 1381-1392.
13. Flory PJ, Berger A. The Accessory Brachial Tendon - a rare cause of pronator teres syndrome. Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 1985 ; 17 : 270-272.
14. Funk GF, Valentino J, McCulloch TM et al. Anomalies of forearm vascular anatomy encountered during elevation of the radial forearm flap. Head Neck 1995 ; 17 : 284-292.
15. Gardner-Thorpe C. Anterior interosseous nerve palsy : Spontaneous recovery in two patients. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1974, 37 : 1146-1150.
16. th edition. Philadelphia, Churchill Livingstone, 1999, vol2 : pp1417-1422.
17. Gunther SF, DiPasquale D, Martin R. Struther's ligament and associated median nerve variations in a cadaveric specimen. Yale J Biol Med 1993 ; 66 : 203-208.
18. Gunther SF, DiPasquale D, Martin R. The internal anatomy of the median nerve in the region of the elbow. J Hand Surg 1992 ; 17-A : 648-656.
19. Hemmady MV, Subramanya AV, Mehta IM. Occasional head of flexor pollicis longus muscle: A study of its morphology and clinical significance. J Postgrad Med 1993 ; 39 : 14-16.
20. Jones M, Abrahams PH, Sañudo JR, Campillo M. Incidence and morphology of accessory heads of flexor pollicis longus and flexor digitorum profundus (Gantzer's muscles). J Anat 1997 ; 191 : 451-455.
21. Kida M. The morphology of Gantzer's muscle, with special reference to the morphogenesis of the flexor digitorum superficialis. Kaibogaku Zasshi 1998 ; 63 : 539-546.
22. Kothari MJ. Hospital Physician. Neurology Board review Manual Neurology 2001 ; 6 : 1-15.
23. Lacey SH, Soldatis JJ. Bilateral pronator syndrome associated with anomalous heads of the pronator teres muscle : a case report. J Hand Surg 1993 ; 18-A : 349-351.
24. Lahey MD, Aulicino PL. Anomalous muscles associated with compression neuropathies. Orthop Rev 1986 ; 15 : 199-208.
25. Lubahn JD, Cermak BM. Uncommon nerve compression syndromes of the upper extremity. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 1998 ; 6 : 378-386.
26. Malhotra VK, Sing NP, Tewari SP. The accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus muscle and its nerve supply. Anat Anz 1982 ; 151 : 503-505.
27. Mangini U. Flexor pollicis longus muscle. J Bone Joint Surg 1960 ; 42-A : 467-470.
28. McNamara B. Clinical anatomy of the median nerve. ACNR 2003 ; 2 : 19-20.
29. th edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Montreal, 1999, 711-717.
30. Nakatani T, Tanaka S, Mizukami S. Bilateral four-headed biceps brachii muscles : the median nerve and brachial artery passing through a tunnel formed by a muscle slip from the accessory head. Clin Anat 1998 ; 11 : 209-212.
31. Neal KM, Rayan GM. Anterior interosseous nerve syndrome : a case report. J Okla State Med Assoc 2002 ; 95 : 253-256.
32. Nebot-Cegarra J, Perez-Berruezo J, Reina de la Torre F. Variations of the pronator teres muscle : predispositional role to median nerve entrapment. Arch Anat Histol Embryol 1991-1992 ; 74 : 35-45.
33. Nebot-Cegarra J, Reina-de la Torre F, Perez-Berruezo J. Accessory fasciculi of the human pronator teres muscle: incidence, morphological characteristics and relation to the median nerve. Anat Anz 1994 ; 176 : 223-227.
34. Oh CS, Chung IH, Koh KS. Anatomical study of the accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus and the anterior interosseous nerve in the asians. Clin Anat 2000 ; 13 : 434-438.
35. nd edition. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1994, 511-516.
36. Ozan H, Atasever A, Sinav A et al. An unusual insertion of accessory biceps brachii muscle. Kaibogaku Zasshi 1997 ; 72 : 515-519.
37. rd ed. Boca Raton, CRC Press, 2001, 85-88.
38. Pecina M, Boric I, Anticevic D. Intraoperatively proven anomalous Struther's ligament diagnosed by MRI. Skeletal Radiol 2002 ; 31 : 532-535.
39. th Edition. Finland, Chancellor Pres, 1994, 752-753.
40. Proudman TW, Menz PJ. An anomaly of the median artery associated with the anterior interosseous nerve syndrome. J Hand Surg 1992 ; 17 : 507-509.
41. Rodriguez-Vazquez JF, Merida-Velasco JR, Jimenez-Collado J. Unusual variation of a third head of the biceps brachii muscle. Anat Anz 1999 ; 181 : 573-575.
42. th edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott-Raven, 1997, 255.
43. Saeed M, Rufai AA. Median and musculocutaneus nerves: Variant formation and Distribution. Clin Anat 2003 ; 16 : 453-457.
44. Shirali S, Hanson M, Branovacki G, Gonzalez M. The flexor pollicis longus and its relation to the anterior and posterior interosseous nerves. J Hand Surg 1998 ; 23 : 170-172.
45. Sakul BU, Türkaslan A. Variations of the median and musculocutaneous nerves. J Ankara Med School 1991 ; 13 : 259-262.
46. Taǧil SM, Uz A, Karahan ST. Dört başli m. pronator teres olgusu. Ankara Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi Mecmuasi 2002 ; 55 : 93-96.
47. Talha H, Enon B, Chevalier JM et al. Brachial artery entrapment: compression by the supracondylar process. Ann Vasc Surg 1987 ; 1 : 479-482.
48. Thomsen PB. Processus supracondyloidea humeri with concomitant compression of the median nerve and the ulnar nerve. Acta Orthop Scand 1977 ; 48 : 391-393.
49. Yulwa N, Limb D, Brown RF. Median nerve compression within the humeral head of pronator teres. J Hand Surg 1994 ; 19 : 709-710.
50. Wozniak W, Bruska M, Markowski M. A case of high origin of the common interosseous artery. Folia Morphol (Warsz) 1998 ; 57 : 389-391.