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Carpal tunnel syndrome as the initial manifestation of scleroderma
1Department of Medicine, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Ill.
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
Two cases of scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) in which carpal tunnel syndrome was the initial manifestation are described. The development of persistent bilateral swelling of the hand after division of the transverse carpal ligament was a clue to the underlying disorder.