• Muscle & nerve · Mar 2020

    Fascicular constrictions above elbow typify anterior interosseous nerve syndrome.

    • Darryl B Sneag, Zsuzsanna Arányi, Esther M Zusstone, Joseph H Feinberg, Sophie C Queler, O Kenechi Nwawka, Steve K Lee, and Scott W Wolfe.
    • Department of Radiology and Imaging, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York.
    • Muscle Nerve. 2020 Mar 1; 61 (3): 301-310.

    IntroductionIn this study we tested the hypothesis that fascicular constrictions (FCs) of the median nerve proximal to the elbow joint characterize anterior interosseous nerve syndrome (AINS).MethodsMagnetic resonance neurography (MRN) and ultrasound (US) examinations were evaluated in 45 patients with clinically suspected AINS. All 22 patients at site 1 underwent MRN and 8 underwent US; all 23 patients at site 2 underwent US.ResultsMedian nerve FCs were identified in all MRN cases; FCs and/or fascicular enlargements were identified in 88% of US cases. Most FCs were in the mediannerve posterior/posteromedial region and were proximal to the elbow joint line (mean distance: MRN, 5.4 cm; US, 7.5 cm), with the exception of a single FC (located 1 cm distal). No extrinsic compression of median or anterior interosseous nerves was identified in the arm or forearm.DiscussionAINS is a noncompressive neuropathy characterized by median nerve FCs in the arm.© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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