The untreatable pain out of nothing

 

 

 

You are seeing a 43 year old male.

 

“Two weeks ago I woke up because of very strong pain in the left shoulder and the left upper arm. For one week I took every pain killer I had around – but nothing really helped! Then the pain got less and finally stopped. But now I cannot pick up for example my keys with thumb and index finger!”

 

In a quick clinical examination you notice weakness for pinch grip, but no sensory deficit.

 

On the pics you see his left median nerve on the upper arm – which looks like this for some centimeters. The last picture is side comparison. What is your diagnosis?

 

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