Acute ulnar neuropathy at the wrist: A case report and review of the literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-196

  Erkin, Gülten ^a,c   Uysal, Hilmi ^a   Keleş, Işik ^b   Aybay, Canan ^a   Özel, Sumru ^a  

^a ANKARA PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Entrapment neuropathy; Focal neuropathy; Ganglion; Guyon's canal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ulnar neuropathy

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCISION; FEMALE; GANGLION; GANGLION CYST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULNAR NERVE; WRIST; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENOSYNOVITIS; ULNAR NERVE; ULNAR NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES;

EID: 33846157179     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0166-8     Document Type: Article

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