RT Journal
A1 PURNELL DC, DALY DD, LIPSCOMB PR
T1 CArpal-tunnel syndrome associated with myxedema
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1961
FD November 1
VO 108
IS 5
SP 751
OP 756
DO 10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110091012
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1961.03620110091012
AB In the terminal portion of its journey down the arm, the median nerve passes through a congested space known as the "carpal tunnel." The walls and floor of this tunnel are formed by the carpal bones, the roof being formed by the transverse carpal ligament or the flexor retinaculum. In its passage through the tunnel, the median nerve lies crowded between the overlying ligament and the numerous flexor tendons located below and to the sides. On emerging from the tunnel, the nerve promptly divides, forming a motor branch that supplies the muscles of the thenar eminence, including the opponens pollicis, the abductor pollicis brevis, and, in part, the flexor pollicis brevis. The remaining branches carry sensation from the palmar surfaces of the thumb, index finger, long finger and the radial half of the ring finger, and from the radial half of the palm.In 1913, Marie and Foix1 demonstrated