Foreign Body Inside the Tunnel: A Rare Cause of Acute Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

• Main Authors: Gokce Yildiran, Mustafa Sutcu, Osman Akdag, Zekeriya Tosun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2019-10-01
• Series: The Surgery Journal
• Subjects: acute; cubital tunnel syndrome; foreign body
• Online Access: http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1696951

Foreign bodies are common entities found in hand surgery practice. However, they are a very rare cause of the acute cubital tunnel syndrome. A 48-year-old male patient was consulted for cubital tunnel symptoms after 2-day unconscious state in the intensive care unit. The ulnar nerve was explored, a piece of glass was removed inside the cubital tunnel, and the nerve was repaired. However, compression neuropathy symptoms due to the acute trauma are interesting. Nerve laceration with a foreign body should be considered in acute-onset cubital tunnel syndrome, in which the foreign body history of a trauma patient cannot be determined explicitly.