Abstract
Abstract
French
Ulnar nerve compression causing clinical symptoms is a common occurrence. There are numerous conditions that can cause compression. Recently two very interesting and unusual etiologies were seen at the Plastic Surgery service. Leprosy causing ulnar nerve compression is a rare occurrence in a Canadian hospital, and so is a case of palmar mycotic aneurysm in the postantibiotic era.
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