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Carpal Spasm

MedGen UID:
1714806
•Concept ID:
C2025281
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Sign or Symptom

Definition

A spasmodic contraction of the muscles of the hands, especially the wrists, such as during alkalosis or tetany. (ACC-AHA) [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCarpal Spasm

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Electrical activity induced by ischemia in the skeletal muscle of patients with spasmophilia.
Bonciocat C, Stoicescu N, Vacariu A, Lazăr M, Vulpe C
Physiologie 1988 Jan-Jun;25(1-2):35-41. PMID: 3133673

Diagnosis

Carpal spasm in a girl as initial presentation of celiac disease: a case report.
Ramosaj-Morina A, Keka-Sylaj A, Hasbahta V, Baloku-Zejnullahu A, Azemi M, Zunec R
J Med Case Rep 2017 Sep 4;11(1):252. doi: 10.1186/s13256-017-1376-2. PMID: 28866981Free PMC Article
Electrolyte imbalances and nephrocalcinosis in acute phosphate poisoning on chronic type 1 renal tubular acidosis due to Sjögren's syndrome.
Cho SG, Yi JH, Han SW, Kim HJ
J Korean Med Sci 2013 Feb;28(2):336-9. Epub 2013 Jan 29 doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.2.336. PMID: 23400265Free PMC Article
Fatal encephalitis in a patient with refractory celiac disease presenting with myorhythmia and carpal spasm.
Dimberg EL, Crowe SE, Trugman JM, Swerdlow RH, Lopes MB, Bourne TD, Burns TM
Mov Disord 2007 Feb 15;22(3):407-11. doi: 10.1002/mds.21324. PMID: 17230474
Hypoxia-sensitive hyperexcitability of the intramuscular nerve axons in Isaacs' syndrome.
Oda K, Fukushima N, Shibasaki H, Ohnishi A
Ann Neurol 1989 Feb;25(2):140-5. doi: 10.1002/ana.410250206. PMID: 2537595
Electrical activity induced by ischemia in the skeletal muscle of patients with spasmophilia.
Bonciocat C, Stoicescu N, Vacariu A, Lazăr M, Vulpe C
Physiologie 1988 Jan-Jun;25(1-2):35-41. PMID: 3133673

Therapy

Electrolyte imbalances and nephrocalcinosis in acute phosphate poisoning on chronic type 1 renal tubular acidosis due to Sjögren's syndrome.
Cho SG, Yi JH, Han SW, Kim HJ
J Korean Med Sci 2013 Feb;28(2):336-9. Epub 2013 Jan 29 doi: 10.3346/jkms.2013.28.2.336. PMID: 23400265Free PMC Article
Diverse manifestations of trichloroethylene.
McCunney RJ
Br J Ind Med 1988 Feb;45(2):122-6. doi: 10.1136/oem.45.2.122. PMID: 3342194Free PMC Article

Prognosis

The memory for words: Armand Trousseau on aphasia.
Leblanc R
J Hist Neurosci 2022 Jan-Mar;31(1):1-19. Epub 2021 Jun 11 doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2021.1898909. PMID: 34115961

Clinical prediction guides

The memory for words: Armand Trousseau on aphasia.
Leblanc R
J Hist Neurosci 2022 Jan-Mar;31(1):1-19. Epub 2021 Jun 11 doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2021.1898909. PMID: 34115961

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