Median nerve and ulnar nerve palsy caused by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease: case report.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.030.
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Abstract
Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease can cause extra-articular pathology including nerve compression syndrome. We report a rare case of this complication in a 79-year-old woman.
Medical subject headings
- Chondrocalcinosis
- Median Neuropathy
- Ulnar Neuropathies
- Wrist Joint
Anatomy
- wrist
- ulna
- radius/ulna