ArticleNeurology international2025
Thenar Muscle Atrophy: Clinical, Electrodiagnostic, and Ultrasound Features in 197 Patients.
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- Ultrasonograhic Identification of the Entrapment of a Transligamentous Sensory Branch of the Ulnar Nerve.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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objectivesAtrophy of the thenar muscles (abductor pollicis brevis [APB], opponens pollicis [OP], and flexor pollicis brevis [FPB]) is most commonly caused by carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). It may also occur following injury to the recurrent motor branch of the median nerve, proximal median nerve neuropathy, medial cord/lower trunk plexopathy, T1 radiculopathy, ventral horn cell disorder at C8 or T1, disuse atrophy, or congenital aplasia. Clinical observation of flattening of the thenar eminence coupled with electrodiagnostic (EDX) and ultrasound (US) studies is valuable in determining the etiology of thenar atrophy. This study describes clinical, EDX, and US findings in a large cohort of patients with thenar muscle atrophy.
methodsThis is a review of 197 patients (226 hands) with thenar atrophy who underwent EDX and US studies. Patients were divided into those with total thenar atrophy (all three thenar muscles were atrophic) or partial thenar atrophy (atrophy of one or two thenar muscles) based on clinical and US findings.
resultsOf the 226 hands, 174 (77.0%) had partial thenar atrophy, 217 (96.0%) had sensory loss, and all hands demonstrated weakness of the APB and OP muscles on examination. A total of 220 (97.3%) hands had EDX evidence of severe median nerve entrapment at the carpal tunnel. The compound muscle action potentials (CMAPs) of the APB muscle and sensory nerve action potentials (SNAPs) were absent in 186 (82.3%) and 212 (93.8%) hands, respectively. US study showed hyperechoic APB and OP muscles in 225 (99.6%) hands. The Heckmatt grade, determined by US, was 3 in 152 (67.3%) hands, showing increased muscle echogenicity with loss of architecture and reduced bone reflection.
conclusionsIn patients with thenar muscle atrophy, EDX studies were not always conclusive for confirming CTS due to an absence of SNAP and CMAP over the APB and second lumbrical muscles. In these cases, US is important to confirm the cause of thenar atrophy.
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