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Metacarpal Small Incision for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Published on: April 5, 2024
Intrasynovial lipoma causing trigger wrist and carpal tunnel syndrome
Shinji Imai1, Narihito Kodama, Yoshitaka Matsusue
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga-ken, Japan. simai@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Abstract:
Triggering of the flexor tendon at the wrist is rare. We report a case of intrasynovial lipoma that caused a trigger wrist. As far as we know it is unique in that the intrasynovial lipoma simultaneously caused carpal tunnel syndrome. The massive tenosynovitis and adhesion of flexors tendons after the locking of the intrasynovial lipoma may have resulted from inflammation caused by attrition within the carpal tunnel.
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