Bilateral Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome: A Case Report

Chung,  Duke Whan; Han,  Chung Soo; Lee,  Jae Hoon; Baek,  Jong Hun; Kim,  Young Jun; Jung,  Hyuk

doi:2015.20.4.180

Arch Hand Microsurg > Volume 20(4); 2015 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2015;20(4):180-185.
Published online December 30, 2015.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12790/jkssh.2015.20.4.180

Bilateral Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome: A Case Report

Duke Whan Chung, Chung Soo Han, Jae Hoon Lee, Jong Hun Baek, Young Jun Kim, Hyuk Jung

¹Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. paeton81@naver.com
²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Received: 10 July 2015 • Revised: 12 August 2015 • Accepted: 14 August 2015

Abstract

Anterior interosseous nerve is purely a motor nerve and supplies flexor pollicis longus, flexor digitorum profundus to the index finger, and pronator quadratus. The etiology and treatment option of anterior interosseous nerve syndrome remain controversial. Bilateral involvement of the anterior interosseous nerve have been described rarely; however, we found no reported case of nonsimultaneous bilateral anterior interosseous nerve palsy associated with the entrapment neuropathy. We present the unique case of delayed anterior interosseous nerve syndrome, 3 years 5 months following an identical event in the opposite extremity and literature review.