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Hand Nerve Injuries - Common Presentations
 • Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Injury
 • Claw Hand
Hand Nerve Injuries ... Presentations • Wrist ... Drop - Radial Nerve ... Injury • Claw Hand ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Left Wrist Drop - Radial Nerve Palsy on Physical Examination

Left hand drop due to compression of
Left Wrist Drop ... - Radial Nerve Palsy ... Examination Left hand ... trauma_modern #Wrist ... #clinical #video
Radial Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Radial nerve is the nerve of elbow, wrist and digital extension.
, wrist and digital ... the wrist and elbow ... When clinically ... drop: ECRB and ... #Anatomy #diagnosis
“Wrist drop” deformity due to radial nerve palsy – the patient cannot extend their wrist or
Wrist drop” deformity ... due to radial nerve ... cannot extend their wrist ... or fingers #Clinical ... #Photo #WristDrop
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Pronation - C7, C8 Wrist ... aracteristic "claw hand ... " ± Horner Syndrome ... Wrist drop - Occurs ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Synkinetic Wrist Extension Maneuver demonstrating Radial Nerve Palsy as cause for Wrist Drop

Up up, down down.
Drop Up up, ... drop. ... both supination and ... drop, clenching ... #Palsy #Drop #clinical
Herpes Zoster Mandibularis - The lesions were scattered along the area that is innervated by the
the trigeminal nerve ... A presumptive diagnosis ... #Clinical #Photo ... Mandibularis #Rash #NEJM
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Extremity Dermatomes and ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Neuropathy - Foot drop ... damage to peroneal nerve ... Dermatomes #Myotomes #diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Paresthesias: Hands ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome ... patient with a diagnosis ... platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome ... addition, there is a drop ... #PhysicalExam #clinical