[Compression of the median nerve by chondrosarcoma of the hand].

Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir

Abteilung für Hand- und Rheumachirurgie, Orthopädischen Universitätsklinik Essen.

Published: July 1988

The authors report a case of median nerve compression due to a chondrosarcoma of the wrist. A 30 year-old right handed man complained of typical symptoms of median nerve compression. X-ray examination showed normal findings. During operation a more proximal lumbrical origin was the only abnormal finding. After nerve decompression pain relief was prompt. Six months later the patient again complained of symptoms of median nerve compression. Now X-ray examination showed scattered punctuate calcific densities of dystrophic calcification. The tumor was histologically shown to be a chondrosarcoma. It was treated by wide local excision and radiation therapy.

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