Paresthesia and forearm pain after phlebotomy due to medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve injury

BACK GROUND: Although phlebotomy is a common procedure, there is limited information concerning to documented complications of venipuncture. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45 year old left- handed woman was refered for elecrodiagnostic study with dysesthesia and pain in left medial forearm. She noted these sy...

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Autores principales: Asheghan, Mahsa, Khatibi, Amidoddin, Holisaz, Mohammad Taghi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21896172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-7221-6-5
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Sumario:BACK GROUND: Although phlebotomy is a common procedure, there is limited information concerning to documented complications of venipuncture. CASE PRESENTATION: A 45 year old left- handed woman was refered for elecrodiagnostic study with dysesthesia and pain in left medial forearm. She noted these symptoms three weeks after phelebotomy. Electrodiagnostic study showed severe involvement of left side Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous nerve (MAC nerve). CONCLUSION: Phelebotomy is a cause of MAC nerve injury. Electrodiagnostic testing can be helpful in evaluating cases of sensory disturbance after phlebotomy.

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