Heterotopic ossification and cubital tunnel syndrome in traumatic brain injury: Ultrasound ‘sees’ both

Article type: Case Report

Authors: Kara, Murat^a | Yalçın, Süha^{a; *} | Yenigün, Didem^a | Tiftik, Tülay^a | Malas, Fevziye Ünsal^a | Özçakar, Levent^b

Affiliations: [a] Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey | [b] Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Süha Yalçın, Ankara Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eǧitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 312 3103230; Fax: +90 312 3104242; E-mail: suhayalcin@yandex.com

Abstract: Reported here is a 50-year-old man with cubital tunnel syndrome due to heterotopic ossification after traumatic brain injury. Herein, underscoring the role of ultrasonographic evaluations in the diagnosis of our patient, we suggest that ultrasono- graphic imaging can be a useful first-line diagnostic method for the possibility of HO and its complications. Further, due to its high spatial resolution, lack of radiation and easy applicability, we imply that US seems to overweigh in the daily practice of rehabilitation physicians.

Keywords: Ultrasonography, ulnar nerve, head trauma, 3D computed tomography

DOI: 10.3233/BMR-140519

Journal: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 415-417, 2015