Familial carpal tunnel syndrome
Vallat, J.M.; Dunoyer, J.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 54(17-20): 661-662
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 211617 Document Number: 128444
As the incidence of the carpal tunnel syndrome among family members of patients is not precisely defined in the literature, we described here two new cases. Few authors reporting on patients with the carpal tunnel syndrome refer to the familial occurrence of the disorder. Median nerves were constricted under thickened carpal ligaments. In one case, we looked for amyloidosis in the transverse carpal ligament under electron microscope but we could not find any.