Ulnar nerve compression at the wrist in rheumatoid arthritis

Description: Neurological symptoms exhibited by patients with rheumatoid arthritis may he due to lesions of the spinal cord, rheumatoid neuropathy or peripheral nerve compression. Cornpression of peripheral nerves in their various anatomical tunnels is well documented, particularly in the upper limb. Compression of the median nerve at the wrist is common in rheumatoid arthritis, but the ulnar nerve appears to be spared. This paper reports a case of compression of the ulnar nerve at the wrist. No similar case could be found in the literature.
A.R.Taylor JBJS B VOL. 56B, NO. I, FEBRUARY 1974