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Recurrent atraumatic acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to hematoma caused by distal radioulnar joint arthritis during anticoagulant treatment with apixaban

Authors: Shingo Komura, Akihiro Hirakawa, Takahiro Masuda, Yoshiki Ito, Haruhiko Akiyama

Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Issue 8/2017

Abstract

Atraumatic acute carpal tunnel syndrome is a rare type of median nerve neuropathy caused by etiologies that increase compartment pressure in the carpal tunnel. This report describes a patient with flexor tendon abrasion as an unusual complication of distal radioulnar joint arthritis. This abrasion caused a hematoma to form in the carpal tunnel during anticoagulant treatment with apixaban, resulting in recurrent acute carpal tunnel syndrome.

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Title: Recurrent atraumatic acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to hematoma caused by distal radioulnar joint arthritis during anticoagulant treatment with apixaban
Authors: Shingo Komura
Akihiro Hirakawa
Takahiro Masuda
Yoshiki Ito
Haruhiko Akiyama
Publication date: 01-08-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Electronic ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-017-2730-y

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Recurrent atraumatic acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to hematoma caused by distal radioulnar joint arthritis during anticoagulant treatment with apixaban

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