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Intermittent axillary nerve palsy caused by a humeral exostosis
J Witthaut1, K J Steffens, E Koob
1Department of Hand and Plastic Surgery, St. Josef Hospitals, Heidbergweg, Essen-Kupferdreh, Germany.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|August 1, 1994
Abstract:
We report an uncommon case of intermittent axillary nerve palsy caused by a humeral exostosis in an 11-year-old boy. After excision of the cartilagenous exostosis of the proximal end of the left humerus, the pre-operative symptoms of axillary nerve compression were alleviated.