Diagnosis of ulnar nerve entrapment anterior to the medial epicondyle by ultrasound elastography and diffusion tensor imaging with fiber tractography: a case report.

Guillaume Jaques, Fabio Becce, Jean-Baptiste Ledoux, Sébastien Durand

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Article in Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Guillaume JaquesDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Fabio BecceDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Jean-Baptiste LedouxDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Sébastien DurandDepartment of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. sebastien.durand@chuv.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-1222

University of Lausanne · CH

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Abstract

Ulnar/cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common compressive neuropathy of the upper limb. Permanent location of the ulnar nerve anterior to the medial epicondyle is extremely rare, with only five cases reported in the literature. Using ultrasound elastography and diffusion tensor imaging with fiber tractography, we diagnosed a case in which ulnar nerve entrapment was associated with anterior nerve location. Surgical release confirmed the diagnosis and the patient was symptom free 3 months after surgery.

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Cubital Tunnel SyndromeElasticity Imaging TechniquesUlnar Nerve Compression SyndromesDiffusion Tensor ImagingHumansUlnar NerveCubital tunnel syndromeDiffusion tensor imagingElastographyNerve surgeryTractographyUlnar nerve

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PMID35024904

DOI10.1007/s00276-021-02881-9

PMCPMC8831343

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