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In a cohort of 38 children with carpal tunnel syndrome, mucopolysaccharidosis, a rare inherited metabolic disease, was the most frequent underlying condition, in 37 percent of patients.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“mucopolysaccharidosis was the most frequent underlying condition (n = 14; 37%)”
Etiology of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in a Large Cohort of Children, CT Rüsch et al., Children (Basel), 2021, Abstract, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.3390/children8080624)- What it measures
- The study found that 29 of the 38 children (76 percent) had a secondary cause, and that idiopathic (unexplained) carpal tunnel syndrome was rare in this group.
- What it does not show
- Only 38 children from two specialist centers. The count is for this cohort and does not give a rate for all children.