Ulcerating variety of carpal tunnel syndrome mimicking scleroderma

Abstract

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common entrapment neuropathy, affecting 1 to 3% of the population. Digital ulcers and skin lesions are unusually related to this neuropathy. We present the case of a patient with digital ulcers secondary to carpal tunnel syndrome.

Clinical Reasoning: A Septuagenarian With Painless Ulceration on the Fingertip

“…8 The importance of considering this form of CTS in the differential diagnosis of digital ulcers seen in other conditions such as scleroderma has been stressed by Carman and Ernesto. 9…”