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Rheumatology 2000; 39: 682-683
© 2000 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Systemic scleroderma associated with bilateral ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow

L. Mouthon, C. Halimi1, G. P. Muller2, M. Cayre-Castel1, T. Bégué2, A. C. Masquelet2 and L. Guillevin

Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Avicenne and Université Paris-Nord, 125 route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny,
1 Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de Senlis, avenue Paul-Rougé, 60309 Senlis and
2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hôpital Avicenne and Université Paris-Nord, 125 route de Stalingrad, 93000 Bobigny, France

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SIR, Peripheral nervous system involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) is rare, and is usually limited to carpal tunnel syndrome [1]. Ulnar nerve involvement secondary to compression of Guyon's canal has been reported in two patients [2, 3]. Herein, we describe for the first time an SSc patient who developed bilateral ulnar nerve sensorimotor compression at the elbow and improved markedly after neurolysis and surgery.

A 36-yr-old woman was referred to our unit in March 1998 for investigation of bilateral . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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