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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2013; 46(01): 140-142
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.113735
Case Report
Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Giant median nerve in bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome

Hosein Ahmadzadeh Chabok
Department of Surgery, Shamsoshomoos Hospital, Malekoshoara Bahar 54, Shariati Square, Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran
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07 October 2019 (online)

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ABSTRACT

We introduce a middle age healthy man with sequential bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. At the surgery, we encountered a wide median nerve in both wrists. Although enlargement of median nerve in carpal tunnel has been well documented, 25 mm width of the nerve is a rare scene, underscoring that leaving the nerve under the unyielding pressure would lead to a fibrous atrophic median nerve.

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Blood-nerve barrier - carpal tunnel syndrome - compressive neuropathy - median nerve - neural edema
 
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