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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child: a case report. | Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury BioMed Central Open Access Case report Guyon tunnel syndrome secondary to excessive healing tissue in a child a case report Aydiner Kalaci Yunus Dogramaci Teoman Toni Sevinẹ and Ahmet Nedim Yanat Address Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine Antakya Hatay Turkey Email Aydiner Kalaci - orthopedi@gmail.com Yunus Dogramaci - yunus_latif85@hotmail.com TeomanToni Sevinẹ - sevinctt@mynet.com Ahmet Nedim Yanat - an_yanat@yahoo.com Corresponding author Published 28 May 2008 Received 16 December 2007 Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury 2008 3 16 doi l0.ll86 l 749-7221-3-16 Accepted 28 May 2008 This article is available from http www.jbppni.cOm content 3 1 16 2008 Kalaci et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract We describe a case of an 8-year-old boy who developed a combined motor and sensory neuropathy of the distal ulnar nerve after sustaining a superficial injury to the right flexor carpi ulnaris tendon at the level of the distal wrist crease. Guyon s canal syndrome is a very rare entity during childhood. We have noted only one prior description of this syndrome in the pediatric age group in a review of the English literature. Background The distal ulnar tunnel Guyon s canal is 4-4.5 cm long. It begins at the proximal edge of the palmar carpal ligament and extends to the fibrous arch of the hypothenar muscles. The tunnel has frequently changing boundaries and does not have four distinct walls throughout its course. From proximal to distal the roof consists of the palmar carpal ligament the palmaris brevis and the hypothenar fibrous and fatty tissue. The floor of the tunnel is made up of the
