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Aug 2021
18m 12s

#24: Four Cases of Neuropathy

RAJANI KATTA AND SAMIR DESAI
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For a patient who presents with wrist drop and numbness on the back of the hand, what nerve is involved? In Saturday night palsy, which nerve is involved? What is the diagnosis in a patient presenting with a unilateral infrascapular localized area of pruritus? For a patient with numbness and tingling of the fourth and fifth digits, what nerve is involved?

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