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Compression of the ulnar nerve at the elbow in association with synovial cysts
C T Laurencin1, J T Schwartz, M J Koris
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
Orthopaedic Review
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Compression neuropathies around joints in association with synovial cyst formation are rare events. A case of a posttraumatic ulnar nerve palsy in a patient with osteoarthritis of the elbow is presented. At operative exploration of the cubital tunnel, the ulnar nerve was found to be compressed by a synovial cyst. Cyst formation should be considered in determining the etiology of compression neuropathies in patients with posttraumatic and degenerative processes occurring around the joints.