Name
ARM PAIN
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. LESIONS IN THE NECK - DISC PROLAPSE - SPONDYLITIS - SYRINGIMYELIA - FRACTURE DISLOCATIONS - POST HERPATIC NEURALGIA - RADICULITIS - PARALYTIC / VIRAL - SPINAL ABSCESS - TUBERCULAR , BRUCELLA , PYOGENIC - EPIDURAL ABSCESS - PACHYMENINGITIS CERVICALIS - TUMORS - SPINAL CORD , MENINGES , NERVE ROOTS & VERTIBRAL AS IN VON RECKLINGHAUSEN DISEASE 2. LESIONS OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS - CERVICAL RIB - MALIGNANT INFILTRATION - COSTOCLAVICULAR COMPRESSION - SUBCLAVIAN ANEURYSM - SCALENUS ANTERIOR SYNDROME 3. LESIONS OF THORAX & THORACIC SPINE - CARDIAC ISCHAEMIA - SYPHILITIC AORTITIS - THORACIC DISC - OESOPHAGITIS 4. LESIONS AT THE SHOULDER - PERIARTHRITIS / CAPSULITIS - SUBACROMIAL BURSITIS - CALCIFIC TENDINITIS - BICIPITAL TENDINITIS - SHOULDER HAND SYNDROME( DUE TO REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY ) 5. LESIONS AT THE ELBOW - EPICONDYLITIS - OLECRANON BURSITIS 6. LESIONS OF THE FOREARM , WRIST & HAND - CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME - TENOSYNOVITIS - ULNER NEURITIS - TRIGGER FINGER - ALGODYSTROPHY ( DUE TO REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY ) - HYPERTROPHIC OSTEOARTHROPATHY - PACHYDERMOPERIOSTITIS - REPETITIVE STAIN INJURY LIKE WRITERS CRAMP
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
VDRL, X-RAY CERVICAL VERTIBRAE A.P. & LAT. VIEW, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, MRI HEAD & SPINE, CT SCAN