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Digital Nerve Compression by Hyperplastic Pacinian CorpusclesA case report and immunohistochemical studyFrom the Blond-McIndoe Medical Research Centre and the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex, UK Correspondence: Mr J. S. Calder, FRCS, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, Sussex, RH19 3DZ, UK. A 68-year-old lady developed digital pain within days of the excision of a palmar ganglion. This was found to be due to a mass of hyperplastic Pacinian corpuscles compressing the digital nerve. Immunohistochemistry was carried out on the resected corpuscles using antisera to a range of neuropeptides. Possible mechanisms of hyperplasia are discussed.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 20, No. 2,
218-221 (1995) |
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