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Arm pain


This section deals with pain in the upper limb unrelated to joint pains, and focuses on causes related to either neurological or vascular lesions. Musculoskeletal causes of arm pain are covered in the chapter on Joint Disorders (p. 247).

Causes

Cervical lesions

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    Disc lesion ( Fig. 4 )

    Figure 4, A trans-axial image showing a right-sided acute disc bulge at C6–C7 level, which is compressing the C7 nerve root in the exit foramen (arrow) .

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    Cervical spondylosis

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    Syringomyelia

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    Infection, e.g. osteitis, TB

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    Tumours

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      Spinal cord

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      Meninges

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      Nerves

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      Vertebral bodies

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