Medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve conduction in true neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome

T Nishida; S J Price; M M Minieka

Medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve conduction in true neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome

Electromyogr Clin Neurophysiol. 1993 Jul-Aug;33(5):285-8.

Authors

T Nishida¹, S J Price, M M Minieka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

PMID: 8404564

Abstract

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) and its diagnosis have been topics of controversy, fueled in part by the lack of an objective test for early diagnosis. True neurogenic TOS results in diagnostic EMG findings only in its later stages. We describe a series of patients in whom the diagnosis is supported by changes in the medial antebrachial cutaneous (MAC) nerve at or before the development of these typical EMG findings in median and ulnar nerves.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Action Potentials / physiology
Adult
Brachial Plexus / physiopathology
Evoked Potentials / physiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forearm / innervation*
Humans
Median Nerve / physiopathology
Middle Aged
Motor Neurons / physiology
Neural Conduction / physiology*
Neurons, Afferent / physiology
Reaction Time / physiology
Skin / innervation*
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / diagnosis
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / physiopathology*
Ulnar Nerve / physiopathology