Karne Sampada Swapneel, Bhalerao Nilima Sudhakar
Professor, Department of Medicine, SKN Medical College , Pune, Maharashtra, India .
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, SKN Medical College , Pune, Maharashtra, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Feb;10(2):OC36-8. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/16464.7316. Epub 2016 Feb 1.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is an entrapment neuropathy that occurs due to compression of median nerve in the carpal tunnel and hypothyroidism is one of the important causes of CTS.
To study clinical profile of carpal tunnel syndrome in patients with primary hypothyroidism.
This was cross-sectional study done in Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra. Adult patients with diagnosis of primary hypothyroidism were included in this study. Patients with other possible causes of CTS were excluded. Detailed medical history was obtained and all patients underwent clinical examination and nerve conduction study by electrophysiological method.
Total 36 adult patients were included in this study, 86.1% females and 13.9% males. CTS were found in 6 (16.7%) patients. Increased Body Mass Index (BMI) and presence of clinical symptoms and/or signs of CTS correlated independently with presence of CTS in hypothyroidism. (p-value- 0.03 and < 0.0001 respectively). No correlation was found between gender, age of the patient, duration of disease, serum TSH level, aetiology of the disease, thyroid hormone replacement therapy and occurrence of CTS in hypothyroidism.
Increase in BMI is an important risk factor for CTS in hypothyroidism and clinical evidence of CTS is a very sensitive parameter for the same.
腕管综合征(CTS)是一种因正中神经在腕管内受压而导致的卡压性神经病变,甲状腺功能减退是导致CTS的重要原因之一。
研究原发性甲状腺功能减退患者腕管综合征的临床特征。
这是一项在马哈拉施特拉邦浦那市什姆特·卡希拜·纳瓦尔医学院开展的横断面研究。本研究纳入了诊断为原发性甲状腺功能减退的成年患者。排除了其他可能导致CTS的病因。获取了详细的病史,所有患者均接受了临床检查和通过电生理方法进行的神经传导研究。
本研究共纳入36例成年患者,其中女性占86.1%,男性占l3.9%。6例(16.7%)患者发现患有CTS。体重指数(BMI)升高以及存在CTS的临床症状和/或体征与甲状腺功能减退患者中CTS的存在独立相关。(p值分别为0.03和<0.0001)。在甲状腺功能减退患者中,未发现性别、患者年龄、病程、血清促甲状腺激素水平、疾病病因、甲状腺激素替代治疗与CTS的发生之间存在相关性。
BMI升高是甲状腺功能减退患者发生CTS的重要危险因素,CTS的临床证据是其非常敏感的参数。