Preferred Label : radial neuropathy;
MeSH definition : Disease involving the RADIAL NERVE. Clinical features include weakness of elbow extension,
elbow flexion, supination of the forearm, wrist and finger extension, and thumb abduction.
Sensation may be impaired over regions of the dorsal forearm. Common sites of compression
or traumatic injury include the AXILLA and radial groove of the HUMERUS.;
MeSH synonym : neuropathy, radial; radial neuropathies; radial nerve diseases; radial nerve disease; Radial Mononeuropathy; Mononeuropathy, Radial; Radial Mononeuropathies; Supinator Syndrome; Supinator Syndromes; Syndrome, Supinator;
CISMeF synonym : lesion, radial nerve; lesions, radial nerve; nerve disease, radial; nerve diseases, radial; nerve lesion, radial; nerve lesions, radial; neuropathies, radial; palsies, crutch; radial nerve lesions; Radial Nerve Compression;
MeSH Hyperonym : Entrapment, Radial Nerve; Nerve Entrapment, Radial; Radial Nerve Entrapments; Cheiralgia Paresthetica; Cheiralgia Parestheticas; Paresthetica, Cheiralgia;
MeSH hyponym : lesion, superficial radial nerve; radial nerve lesion; saturday night palsy; crutch palsy; Crutch Palsies; Palsy, Crutch; Radial Palsy; Palsy, Radial; Radial Palsies; Night Palsies, Saturday; Night Palsy, Saturday; Palsies, Saturday Night; Palsy, Saturday Night; Saturday Night Palsies; Crutch Paralysis; Crutch Paralyses; Paralysis, Crutch; Radial Nerve Palsy; Palsy, Radial Nerve; Radial Nerve Palsies; Superficial Radial Nerve Lesion; Wrist Drop;
Related MeSH term : Radial Tunnel Syndromes; Tunnel Syndrome, Radial; Compression, Radial Nerve; Nerve Compression, Radial; Radial Nerve Compressions;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheiralgia paresthetica;
Origin ID : D020425;
UMLS CUI : C0748226;
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Disease involving the RADIAL NERVE. Clinical features include weakness of elbow extension,
elbow flexion, supination of the forearm, wrist and finger extension, and thumb abduction.
Sensation may be impaired over regions of the dorsal forearm. Common sites of compression
or traumatic injury include the AXILLA and radial groove of the HUMERUS.
