Volume 81, Issue 12 , Pages 1594-1595, December 2000
Bilateral median neuropathy and growth hormone use: A case report☆☆☆
Abstract
Dickerman RD, Douglas JA, East JW. Bilateral median neuropathy and growth hormone use: a case report. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000;81:1594-5. A male elite bodybuilder suffered bilateral median nerve neuropathy during a self-administered course of growth hormone (GH). Nerve conduction velocities revealed bilateral median neuropathy consistent with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). This is the first case of GH-induced CTS occurring in an athlete. Contrary to earlier studies, this report demonstrates that GH-induced CTS is not an age-related phenomenon and alerts physicians to include GH abuse as a possible etiology of median neuropathy in athletes. © 2000 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Keywords: Peripheral neuropathies, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Growth hormones, recombinant, Case report, Rehabilitation
☆ No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.
☆☆ Reprint requests to Rob D. Dickerman, DO, PhD, National Institutes of Health, Surgical Neurology Branch, 10 Center Dr, Bldg 10, Rm 5D37, Bethesda, MD 20892.
PII: S0003-9993(00)21173-8
doi:10.1053/apmr.2000.7159
© 2000 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Volume 81, Issue 12 , Pages 1594-1595, December 2000
