Probabiligy diagnosis
- Dysfunction of the cervical spine
- Disorders of the shoulder
- Medial or lateral epicondylitis
- Overuse tendonitis of the wrist
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Osteoarthritis of the thumb and DIP joints
Serious disorders not to be missed
- Cardiovascular
- angina
- myocardial infarction
- axillary vein thrombosis
- Neoplasia
- pancoast tumour
- bone tumours
- Severe infections
- septic arthritis (shoulder/elbow)
- osteomyelitis
- infections of tendon sheath and fascial spaces of hand
Pitfalls (often missed)
- Entrapment neuropathies
- Pulled elbow
- Foreign body
- Rarities
- polymyalgia rheumatica
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Thoracic outlet syndrom e
- Arm claudication
- kienbock disorder
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