Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Due to Hydroxyapatite Crystal Deposition Disease

Keywords

Hand - Carpal tunnel syndrome - Calcific tendinitis - Median nerve

• 1 Aslam N, Lo S, McNab I. Acute carpal tunnel syndrome caused by a fragment of bone from metacarpal injury. Injury Extra 2005; 36: 73-76
• 2 Rate AJ, Parkinson RW, Meadows TH et al Acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to pseudogout. J Hand Surg 1992; 17: 217-218
• 3 Kang HJ, Jung SH, Yoon HK et al Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by space occupying lesions. Yonseti Med J 2009; 50 ((2)) 257-261
• 4 Din R, Giannikas K, El-Hadidi M. Acute calcifying tendonitis- an unusual cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. Eur J Emerg Med 2001; 8: 65-66
• 5 Harris AR, McNamara TR, Brault JS et al An unusual presentation of acute calcific tendonitis in the hand. Hand 2009; 4: 81-83
• 6 Verfaillie S, DeSmet L, Leemans A et al Acute carpal tunnel syndrome caused by hydroxyapatite crystals: a case report. J Hand Surg 1996; 21A: 360
• 7 Pai V, Pain V, Muir R. Periarticular calcification causing acute carpal tunnel syndrome: a case report. J Orthop Surg 2009; 17 ((2)) 234-237
• 8 Chen CH, Chung CB, Yeh L et al Carpal tunnel syndrome caused by tophaceous gout: CT and MR imaging features of 20 patients. A J Roentgenol 2000; 175 ((655)) 655-659
• 9 De Das S. Carpal tunnel syndrome due to a calcareous mass in the carpal tunnel. Singap Med J 1983; 24 ((3)) 175-177
• 10 Saffar P. Chondrocalcinosis of the wrist. J Hand Surg 2004; 29B: 486-493
• 11 Doumas C, Vazirani RM, Clifford PD et al Acute calcific periarthritis of the hand and wrist: a series and review of the literature. Emerg Radiol 2007; 14: 199-203
• 12 Stahl S, Kaufman T, Schapira D. Calcium hydroxyapatite deposition disease in the hand and wrist: a report of six cases. Eur J Plast Surg 1998; 21: 366-369
• 13 Hayes CW, Conway WF. Calcium Hydroxyapatite deposition disease. Radiographics 1990; 10 ((6)) 1031-1048
• 14 Kuroda H, Wada Y, Nishiguchi K et al A case of probable hydroxyapatite deposition disease [HADD] of the hip. Magn Reson Med Sci 2004; 3 ((3)) 141-144
• 15 Frediani B, Filippou G, Falsetti P et al Diagnosis of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease: ultrasonographic criteria proposed. Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64: 638-640