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    【Weekly Questions】The first 3 fingers on the radial side of the patient's right hand are tingling and numb. What is the most likely diagnosis?

    • Last Update: 2021-03-22
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    【Weekly Medical Questions】is a new online column of "NEJM Medical Frontiers".

    This column is based on NEJM Knowledge+, a sister product of the New England Journal of Medicine.
    It pushes a question every Wednesday and announces the answers and detailed explanations on the next day.

    The questions and content seem simple, but they are the core knowledge points and error-prone points of clinical practice; correct answers are not the goal, mastering the main points is the kingly way.

    Ask the doctor every week to help you draw up the key points and save you time! Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comments section.

    Your valuable comments and suggestions will be our best help! A 43-year-old woman complained of tingling in the first three fingers on the radial side of the right hand, numbness with right hand, occasional pain and weakness in the right upper limb for 6 weeks.

    There is no obvious abnormality in the past history.

     Physical examination: the range of motion of the neck was normal, and the Tinel sign of the wrist was negative.

    The muscle strength of the right biceps, pronator teres and brachioradialis was slightly weakened.

    The intrinsic muscle strength of the hand is normal.

    Loss of sensation in thumb and index finger.

    The biceps reflex disappeared, and the rest of the reflexes were normal.

    Other physical examination results were normal.

     Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis for this patient? A Carpal tunnel syndrome B C6 Cervical radiculopathy C Thoracic spinal radiculopathy D Cervical spinal cord injury/C1 lesion caused myelopathy E C8 Cervical radiculopathy The answer to the question is actually hidden in the question stem and abstract.

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