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Acute carpal tunnel syndrome from thrombosed persistent median artery
C Balakrishnan1, M F Smith, P Puri
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
The Journal of Emergency Medicine
|May 25, 1999
Abstract:
We report a case of acute carpal tunnel syndrome from thrombosis of a persistent median artery caused by blunt trauma. The sudden onset of numbness in the median nerve distribution with pain in the fingers in a young adult may provide clues to the diagnosis.