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Recurrent atraumatic acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to hematoma caused by distal radioulnar joint arthritis during anticoagulant treatment with apixaban

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Atraumatic acute carpal tunnel syndrome is a rare type of median nerve neuropathy caused by etiologies that increase compartment pressure in the carpal tunnel. This report describes a patient with flexor tendon abrasion as an unusual complication of distal radioulnar joint arthritis. This abrasion caused a hematoma to form in the carpal tunnel during anticoagulant treatment with apixaban, resulting in recurrent acute carpal tunnel syndrome.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan

    Shingo Komura, Akihiro Hirakawa & Haruhiko Akiyama

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Gifu, Japan

    Takahiro Masuda & Yoshiki Ito

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Komura, S., Hirakawa, A., Masuda, T. et al. Recurrent atraumatic acute carpal tunnel syndrome due to hematoma caused by distal radioulnar joint arthritis during anticoagulant treatment with apixaban. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 137, 1161–1164 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-017-2730-y

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