Journals / Turkish Neurosurgery / 2013 / Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 5

Bilateral Karpal Tünel Sendromu Hastasında Trifid ve Bifid Median Sinir Birlikteliği

Coexistence of Trifid and Bifid Median nerve in a Patient with Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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685–687
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US is an easy and cheap radiological method for diagnosis and it should be the first chosen radiological technique to evaluate median nerve variations in idiopathic CTS patients.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common upper extremity neuropathy in the wrist that may be associated with anatomic variations of median nerve.
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Key Findings & Data:Trifurcation of the median nerve has been very rarely reported in the literature.
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Conclusion & Impact:US is an easy and cheap radiological method for diagnosis and it should be the first chosen radiological technique to evaluate median nerve variations in idiopathic CTS patients.
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Abstract

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common upper extremity neuropathy in the wrist that may be associated with anatomic variations of median nerve. Trifurcation of the median nerve has been very rarely reported in the literature. We report coexistence of bilateral median nerve variation in the wrist and its radiological features. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging was performed to the patient after Tinel and Phalen tests. There was bifurcation and trifurcation of the median nerve in right and left wrists respectively. Bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome was caused by bilateral median nerve variation in the present case. When a median nerve variation is detected in one wrist, a possible variation at the other side should be kept in mind and hence should be evaluated. A thorough knowledge of the variations of the median nerve is essential in order to avoid surgical complications and to ensure optimal patient outcome. US is an easy and cheap radiological method for diagnosis and it should be the first chosen radiological technique to evaluate median nerve variations in idiopathic CTS patients.

Özet

Karpal tünel sendromu (KTS) üst ekstremitenin en sık görülen tuzak nöropatisidir ve anatomik varyasyonlarla ilişkili olabilir. Median sinirin el bileği düzeyinde üçe ayrılması literatürde çok az yayınlanmıştır. Biz yazımızda, el bileği düzeyinde bilateral median sinir varyasyonunu radyolojik bulguları ile sunduk. Tinel ve Phalen testlerinden sonra hastaya ultrasonografi ve manyetik rezonans görüntüleme tetkikleri gerçekleştirildi. Sırasıyla median sinirde, sağ el bileğinde bifurkasyon, sol el bileğinde trifurkasyon tespit edildi. Median sinirde bir el bileğinde varyasyon tespit edildiği zaman diğer el bileğinde de olabileceği akılda tutulmalı ve diğer el bileği de değerlendirilmelidir. Median sinir varyasyonlarını bilmek olası cerrahi tedavi komplikasyonlarını etkileyebilmektedir. Ultrasonografi kolay ve ucuz bir radyolojik tanı metodudur ve idiopatik KTS hastalarında varyasyonları değerlendirmek için seçilebilecek ilk radyolojik modalitedir.

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DUYMUŞ, M., YILMAZ, Ö., ULAŞLI, A. M., ASAL, N., KOŞAR, U. (2013). Bilateral Karpal Tünel Sendromu Hastasında Trifid ve Bifid Median Sinir Birlikteliği. Turkish Neurosurgery, Cilt: 23 - Sayı: 5, 685–687. https://ajindex.com/articles/405507

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