Acute Median Neuropathy after Subdermal Contraceptive Implant Removal
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Teaching NeuroImages: Ulnar neuropathy related to a contraceptive subdermal implant.
A 51-year-old woman experienced intermittent left hand numbness and weakness over 2 years, with a claw-hand deformity and weakness of finger abduction, adduction, and distal interphalangeal joint flexion of the medial 2 fingers. Wrist flexion produced hand radial deviation. Palmar and dorsal aspects of digits IV (medially) and V, including medial forearm, had decreased pinprick sensation. Nerve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1225-7044,2288-985X
DOI: 10.17340/jkna.2020.3.8