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Acrel’s ganglion

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No data exists in the extant literature regarding the distal swelling of the posterior interosseous nerve (Acrel’s ganglion). To further elucidate this ganglion, ten adult cadavers (20 sides) underwent dissection and histological examination of this structure. No inflammatory response was noted in these histologically normal peripheral nerve structures. No neuronal cell bodies were identified. Although the etiology of such swellings is unclear, the term “ganglia” should not be applied to these enlargements of the distal posterior interosseous nerve.

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  1. Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA

    R. Shane Tubbs

  2. University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

    William Stetler

  3. Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA

    David R. Kelly & Danitra Blevins

  4. Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Institute, Tabriz Medical University, Tabriz, Iran

    Mohammadali M. Shoja

  5. Departments of Anatomical Sciences and Education and Development, St. George’s University, Grenada and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Marios Loukas

  6. Children’s Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA

    R. Shane Tubbs & W. Jerry Oakes

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Tubbs, R.S., Stetler, W., Kelly, D.R. et al. Acrel’s ganglion. Surg Radiol Anat 29, 379–381 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0226-0

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