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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: ganglion cyst at the elbow causing superficial radial nerve compression: a case rep | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report A ganglion cyst at the elbow causing superficial radial nerve compression a case report John McFarlane 1 Ravi Trehan1 Miguel Oliveira2 Carl Jones1 Simon Blease1 and Paul Davey1 Address Department of Orthopaedics Kingston Hospital Galsworthy Road Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey KT2 7QB UK and 2Department of Orthopaedics East Surrey Hospital Canada Avenue Redhill Surrey RH1 5RH UK Email John McFarlane - johnmcfarlan@ Ravi Trehan - trehanravi@ Miguel Olivera - migueloli@ Carl Jones - carlwjones@ Simon Blease - simonb@ Paul Corresponding author Published 25 April 2008 Received 12 November 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 122 doi 1752-1947-2-122 Accepted 25 April 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 122 2008 McFarlane et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction We report a rare case of a ganglion cyst at the elbow causing neurological symptoms by stretching the superficial radial nerve alone. Ganglia associated with radial nerve palsy at the elbow have been reported previously involving the deep branch of the posterior interosseous nerve and the superficial radial nerve but not the superficial radial nerve alone. Case presentation A 45-year-old woman presented with a 4-month history of a painful lump in the anterior aspect of her left elbow associated with altered sensation in the dorsoradial aspect of her left hand. There was no history of trauma or any exacerbating factors. On examination the altered sensation was in the superficial radial nerve distribution and she had a .