An ulnar intraneural ganglion arising from the pisotriquetral joint: case report
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Wayne A Chen1, Jonathan C Barnwell, Ying Li
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|November 25, 2010
Abstract:
Intraneural ganglions of the hand are rare and remain poorly understood. We report a case of an intraneural ganglion arising from the pisotriquetral joint that penetrated the ulnar nerve at Guyon's canal. Although rare, these ganglions should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any neoplasms causing compression neuropathy.
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