Six Cases of Posterior Interosseous Nerve Palsy

Abstract

Isolated lesions of the posterior interosseous nerve of the forearm are uncommon.
This paper reports the findings at exploration in 6 patients who suffered from the posterior interosseous paralysis and discuss the possibility of the Palsy to the certain cases of the tennis elbow.
Two are due to an aponeurotic cleft in the supinator, one due to a simple ganglion, one due to the So-Called Soft neuroma, and two due to trauma.