Entrapment ulnar neuropathy caused by cysticercosis

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ray, Munni | Kothur, Kavitha

Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Munni Ray, University Clinic of Neuropsychiatry for Childhood and Adolescence, Medical University of Vienna, Wahringer Guertel 18–20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria. E-mail: bimkar1@satyam.net.in, munniray1@yahoo.com

Abstract: We report a 12-year-old child from North India with cysticercosis presenting as an ulnar entrapment neuropathy due to a compressive mass in the flexor digitorum profundus. Magnetic resonance imaging suggested an inflammatory mass compressing the neurovascular bundle. The histologic diagnosis was consistent with cysticercosis. Such solitary presentation of entrapment neuropathy with cysticercosis is extremely rare, and to our knowledge, this is the only case reported in pediatric literature.

Keywords: Ulnar nerve, entrapment neuropathy, cysticercosis

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Neurology, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 203-206, 2006