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Medical Case Studies
Numbness feeling in arms and shoulders
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Thoracic outlet syndrome(TOS) is a syndrome involving compression at the superior thoracic outlet involving compression of a neurovascular bundle passing between the anterior scalene and middle scalene. It can affect the brachial plexus (nerves that pass into the arms from the neck), and/or the subclavian artery or rarely the vein which does not normally pass through the scalene hiatus (blood vessels as they pass between the chest and upper extremity). Rarely a Pancoast tumour in the apex of the lung may be the cause. The compression may be positional (caused by movement of the clavicle and shoulder girdle on arm movement) or static (caused by abnormalities or enlargement or spasm of the various muscles surrounding the arteries, veins, and brachial plexus), a first rib fixation and a cervical rib...
Numbness feeling in arms and shoulders - List of case studies
- Spinal pathology – additional opinion
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spine. He complains of low back pain, cramping and numbness in his thigh muscles, radiating left leg pain to his toes, as well as ... worsens when I sleep. 2. I am suffering from reduced feeling in my fingertips . ...
- List of Symptoms
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in standing balance Ambulation limitations And numbness in thigh muscles And wear shoes Anemia Anesthesia ... Feeding difficulties Feeding problems Feeling hot or cold Feeling of discomfort (when the toes rub against the ...
- Spinal pathology
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spine. He complains of low back pain, cramping and numbness in his thigh muscles, radiating left leg pain to his toes, as well as ... worsens when I sleep. 2. I am suffering from reduced feeling in my fingertips . ...
- Cervical pain and limitation of movement after 2 cervical spine surgeries
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pain at the cervical spine that is accompanied by feeling of pressure in this area and radiation to the back of the neck that ... thighs, a feeling the chest is prolapsed, and a feeling of numbness. A work up was done which included clinical and imaging tests. It ...