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

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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… Click to show full abstract

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, since it needs early surgical management to prevent morbidity.

Keywords: due pyogenic; tunnel syndrome; syndrome due; acute carpal; pyogenic flexor; carpal tunnel

Journal Title: Internal Medicine
Year Published: 2017

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