Template:Carpal Tunnel Syndrome DDX
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- Cervical radicular pain (C6 or C7): Neck pain, positive Spurlings test
- First Carpometacarpal Joint Osteoarthritis : Painful thumb motion, positive grind test, radiographic findings
- De Quervain Tendinopathy: Tenderness distal radial styloid
- Polyneuropathy: History of diabetes mellitus, bilateral, lower extremity involvement.
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: ulnar sided symptoms, positive EAST and ULTT.
- Pronator teres syndrome (median nerve compression at the elbow): Forearm pain; sensory loss over the thenar eminence; weakness with thumb flexion, wrist extension, and forearm pronation
- Ulnar neuropathy: Paresthesias of the ring and little fingers, positive Tinel sign and compression tests at the elbow or wrist (Guyon canal)
- Radial neuropathy
- Raynaud syndrome:Symptoms related to cold exposure, typical color changes
- Vibration white finger:Use of vibratory hand power tools, symptoms of Raynaud phenomenon
- Wrist osteoarthritis: painful wrist motion, radiographic findings
- Inflammatory arthropathy
- Peripheral nerve tumour
- Multiple sclerosis
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Acute compression syndromes (eg, Saturday night palsy)
