Peripheral Nerve Disorders
A 45-year-old office worker presents with 6 months of numbness in her small and ring fingers that is worse when holding a phone to her ear. She has difficulty with fine motor tasks. Examination reveals weakness of finger abduction and adduction, positive Froment sign, and reduced sensation over the ulnar 1.5 digits. Tinel sign is positive at the elbow. Regarding cubital tunnel syndrome:
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Cubital tunnel syndrome is the second most common peripheral nerve compression (after carpal tunnel)...
Symptoms include paresthesias in the small finger and ulnar half of the ring finger, weakness of int...
The ulnar nerve has no sensory function; Froment sign tests median nerve function; atrophy of the fi...
The McGowan grading system: Grade I (intermittent paresthesias without weakness), Grade II (weakness...
Treatment begins with activity modification (avoiding elbow flexion, padding) and night splinting; s...
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