Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Due to Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis without Any Antecedent Injury

We herein report a case of acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis in the absence of any antecedent injury whose rapid progression and course was similar to that seen with necrotizing fasciitis. This potentially disastrous clinical condition must be promptly recognized, sin...

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Published in:	Internal Medicine Vol. 56; no. 11; pp. 1439 - 1442
Main Authors:	Yoshida, Hirofumi, Imura, Haruki, Goto, Taiga, Nakamata, Takeharu, Daya, Mohamud R., Kamiya, Toru
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 01-01-2017 Japan Science and Technology Agency
Subjects:	Carpal tunnel syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - etiology Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - pathology Case Report Case reports Fasciitis Female Humans Internal medicine Middle Aged Morbidity Necrotizing fasciitis Overuse injuries pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis Staphylococcus aureus Tenosynovitis Tenosynovitis - complications carpal tunnel syndrome Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing fasciitis pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis
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