An aberrant anatomic variation along the course of the ulnar nerve above the elbow with coexistent cubital tunnel syndrome
✍ Scribed by James C.Y. Chow; Athanasios A. Papachristos; Alvaro Ojeda
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 171 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
- DOI
- 10.1002/ca.20351
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We report on a patient with an unusual anatomic variation along the course of ulnar nerve above the elbow who had cubital tunnel syndrome. The variation consisted of a cutaneous neural branch that was originating at a distance of ∼40 mm proximal to the medial epicondyle, and from the radial aspect of the main trunk of ulnar nerve. The branch had a superficial course and it was passing distally, anterior to the medial epicondyle without penetrating the fascia of the flexor muscles origin. Anterior intramuscular transposition of the ulnar nerve was performed leaving the newly found branch over the fascia between the muscles and the adipose subcutaneous tissue. Clin. Anat. 19:661–664, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.