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Vol. 14. Issue 4.
Pages 338-340 (January 2003)
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Vol. 14. Issue 4.
Pages 338-340 (January 2003)
¿Síndrome del tunel carpiano? Case report
¿Carpal tunnel syndrome? Case report
L.F. Porras-Estrada
, J.A. Rodríguez-Sánchez, L. García-Yagüe
Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badaloz
C. García-Flores*
* Electrofisiología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badaloz
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Presentamos el caso de una paciente diagnosticada erróneamente de un síndrome del túnel carpiano. Las manifestaciones clínicas fueron sugestivas de dicho diagnóstico, pero con unas particularidades anamnésicas y exploratorias que merecen comentarios al hacer un diagnóstico diferencial.

El origen del síndrome doloroso se debía a la existencia de un hematoma de localización subclavicular en una paciente en tratamiento con anticoagulantes y que originaba una compresión del plexo braquial a nivel del desfiladero costoclavicular.

Consideramos de interés práctico este caso que aportamos, por cuanto la patología del túnel carpiano es una de las neuropatías por atrapamiento nervioso más frecuentes en la clínica diaria y debe de hacernos pensar en otros posibles diagnósticos que aquí revisamos.

Palabras clave:
Túnel carpiano
Orificio torácico superior
Nervio mediano
Plexo braquial
Tratamiento con anticoagulantes
Summary

A patient with an initial misdiagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome is presented. The clinical manifestations were suggestive of such diagnosis, but there were some anamnesis and exploratory aspects requiring to establish a differential diagnosis.

Painful syndrome was caused by a brachial plexus compression at the costoclavicular region due to a subclavicular hematoma in a patient under anticoagulant treatment.

Carpal tunnel pathology is a frequent cause of neuropathy, however others diagnosis should be ruled out as shown in the present case.

Key words:
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Median nerve
Brachial plexus
Anticoagulants therapy

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