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Definition: Disease involving the median nerve, from its origin at the brachial plexus to its termination in the hand. Clinical features include weakness of wrist and finger flexion, forearm pronation, thenar abduction, and loss of sensation over the lateral palm, first three fingers, and radial half of the ring finger. Common sites of injury include the elbow, where the nerve passes through the two heads of the pronator teres muscle (pronator syndrome) and in the carpal tunnel (carpal tunnel syndrome). |
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Synonyms: - Distal Medial Neuropathies
- Distal Medial Neuropathy
- Medial Neuropathies, Distal
- Medial Neuropathy, Distal
- Median Nerve Disease
- Median Nerve Diseases
- Median Nerve Neuralgia
- Median Nerve Neuralgias
- Median Neuropathies
- Median Neuropathies, Proximal
- Median Neuropathy, Proximal
- Nerve Disease, Median
- Nerve Diseases, Median
- Neuralgia, Median Nerve
- Neuralgias, Median Nerve
- Neuropathies, Distal Medial
- Neuropathies, Median
- Neuropathies, Proximal Median
- Neuropathy, Distal Medial
- Neuropathy, Median
- Neuropathy, Proximal Median
- Proximal Median Neuropathies
- Proximal Median Neuropathy
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