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Norberto Alvarez, MD; Carol Larkin, NP; Janet Roxborough, NP

Arch Neurol. 1982;39(5):311-312.

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We have observed several cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in persons with athetotic-dystonic movement disorders. Since this association between CTS and athetotic-dystonic cerebral palsy is not mentioned in extensive clinical reports^1-14 we wish to present these cases and discuss their physiopathology.

PATIENTS AND METHODS

A patient with an athetotic-dystonic movement disorder complained of pain in the hand in the median nerve distribution. This incident prompted a search for persons with similar movement disorders to assess the presence of entrapment neuropathy. Neurophysiologic studies consisting of sensory and motor nerve conduction time (NCT) in median, radial, and ulnar nerves were performed in 16 patients.

Diseases that are known predecessors as well as local causes of CTS¹⁰ were ruled out by clinical examinations or roentgenograms, or at the time of operation. Generalized peripheral neuropathy was ruled out by multiple nerve examinations.

The basis for the diagnosis of CTS included the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology/Seizure Control Program (Dr Alvarez) and Nursing (Mss Larkin and Roxborough), Wrentham (Mass) State School, and the Departments of Neurology, Children's Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston (Dr Alvarez).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 30, 1981.

Reprint requests to Neurology/Seizure Control Program, Wrentham State School, PO Box 144, Wrentham, MA 02093 (Dr Alvarez).

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