Delayed-onset ulnar neuropathy at the wrist associated with distal radioulnar joint arthritis after radius malunion: report of two cases.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Although ulnar neuropathy can occur at the wrist in association with distal radius fractures, few late-onset cases have been reported. The authors describe 2 cases of delayed-onset ulnar neuropathy at the wrist, which developed 12 and 30 years after sustaining a conservatively treated distal radius fracture. During late neurolysis, both patients were found to have a perforation in the volar wrist capsule and synovitis and arthritis in the distal radioulnar joint.
Medical subject headings
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Fractures, Malunited
- Intra-Articular Fractures
- Radius Fractures
- Ulnar Neuropathies
Anatomy
- radius
- ulna
- wrist
- radius/ulna