Sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings in post‐traumatic median nerve neuroma: A case report

Abstract

Nerves are frequently damaged in cases of blunt or penetrating injuries to the limbs. Post‐traumatic neuromas arising from peripheral nerves are formations that emerge after nerve injury, potentially leading to swollen and agonizing nerve terminations upon severance. Post‐traumatic neuromas commonly appear as irregular, non‐cancerous nodules formed due to injury‐induced damage. The most common clinical symptom is neuralgic pain significantly the patient's quality of life. The main peripheral nerve abnormalities that lead to a referral for imaging are benign peripheral nerve tumors such as schwannoma, neurofibroma, and traumatic pathologies. This case report discusses a 35‐year‐old woman who presented with a neuroma in her wrist months after a laceration and trauma, with typical imaging findings on sonographic and magnetic resonance imaging.