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Pseudogout: A Rare Cause of Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Acute Guyon Canal Syndrome

Rackard, Forrest
Lujan-Hernandez, Jorge
Vanguri, Vijay
Rothkopf, Douglas
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2022-08-19
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Pseudogout is an acute inflammatory arthropathy that often presents as a hot, swollen, painful joint. Rarely, the inflammatory response caused by pseudogout has led to acute neuropathic symptoms of the hand. We present a case of pseudogout causing acute neuropathic symptoms in the median and ulnar nerves, ultimately necessitating urgent surgical decompression. The patient's symptoms were alleviated after surgical decompression. Pseudogout should be considered a rare cause of acute neuropathic compression of the hand. Its management may require surgical intervention and should involve postoperative follow-up with a rheumatologist.

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Rackard F, Lujan-Hernandez J, Vanguri V, Rothkopf D. Pseudogout: A Rare Cause of Acute Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Acute Guyon Canal Syndrome. J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2022 Aug 19;4(6):375-378. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsg.2022.07.010. PMID: 36425382; PMCID: PMC9678675.

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© 2022, THE AUTHORS. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The American Society for Surgery of the Hand. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International