International journal of applied & basic medical research
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Int J Appl Basic Med Res · Jul 2019
Case ReportsAn Uncommon Case of Atraumatic Palsy of a Branch of the Anterior Interosseous Nerve with a Late Spontaneous Recovery.
Atraumatic palsy of the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN) is rarely encountered, presenting an uncertain etiology which provokes a weakness of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL), flexor digitorum profundus (FDP), and pronator quadratus, while a lesion of one of the AIN branches is even rarer. In many cases, the diagnosis is based in motor deviations due to nerve's palsy. ⋯ Moreover, a patient may have the opportunity to decide whether to be submitted in an interventional procedure or not. The purpose of this paper is to report a case of an AIN's branch palsy and to suggest a possible delay of the surgical exploration, since a late self-recovery may occur.