Open AccessLIPOMA CAUSING A POSTERIOR INTEROSSEOUS NERVE LESION
Author(s) -
David Richmond
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
journal of bone and joint surgery - british volume
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0968-7300
pISSN - 0301-620X
DOI - 10.1302/0301-620x.35b1.83
Subject(s) - posterior interosseous nerve , medicine , palsy , forearm , radial nerve , anatomy , surgery , brachial plexus , pathology , alternative medicine
A man aged sixty-two years complained of inability to extend his left index finger and thumb. This paralysis had been progressing for about twelve weeks, and had been accompanied by pain in the upper arm radiating into the forearm. On examination, there was paralysis of the extensor muscles of the left thumb and index finger. There were no sensory changes. In the extensor muscles, just distal to their origin from the humerus, there was an ill defined
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