@article{ref1,
title="The role of high-resolution ultrasound in the diagnosis of a traumatic neuroma in an injured median nerve",
journal="American journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation",
year="2009",
author="Chen, Kai-Hua and Lee, Kam-Fai and Hsu, Hung-Chih and Huang, Wei-Chao and Hsiao, Kuang-Yu and Fang, Kuan-Ming",
volume="88",
number="9",
pages="771-774",
abstract="Since the development of high-resolution ultrasound, its role in the diagnosis of peripheral nerve lesions has steadily increased. We present the case of a 42-yr-old woman who experienced consistent numbness over the left hand and fingers after cutting the wrist in a suicide attempt and subsequent tendon and median nerve repair and a period of rehabilitation. Electrodiagnostic testing was normal, but high-resolution ultrasound demonstrated hypoechoic, focal swelling in the region of the median nerve consistent with a neuroma. Neuroma was confirmed at surgery, and after excision of the neuroma, nerve repair with a nerve graft was performed. Postoperatively, the patient's symptoms improved significantly. This case suggests that high-resolution ultrasound may be superior to electrodiagnostic studies for the diagnosis of traumatic neuroma.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9115",
doi="10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181b332ef",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181b332ef"
}