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Radial Neuropathy MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Radial Neuropathy
Tree Number(s)
C10.668.829.500.650
Unique ID
D020425
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020425
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Cheiralgia Paresthetica
Crutch Palsy
Crutch Paralysis
Lesion, Superficial Radial Nerve
Posterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome
Radial Mononeuropathy
Radial Nerve Compression
Radial Nerve Diseases
Radial Nerve Entrapment
Radial Nerve Palsy
Radial Palsy
Radial Tunnel Syndrome
Saturday Night Palsy
Superficial Radial Nerve Lesion
Supinator Syndrome
Wartenberg Syndrome
Wrist-Drop
Previous Indexing
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases (1966-1999)
Public MeSH Note
2000
History Note
2000
Date Established
2000/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/11/03
Revision Date
2019/07/05
Radial Neuropathy Preferred
Crutch Palsy Narrower
Lesion, Superficial Radial Nerve Narrower
Wrist-Drop Narrower
Radial Nerve Entrapment Broader
Radial Tunnel Syndrome Related
Posterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome Related
Wartenberg Syndrome Narrower
Radial Nerve Compression Related
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