Lateral antebrachial cutaneous neuropathy in a windsurfer

✍ Scribed by Charles K. Jablecki

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 96 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-639X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(199907)22:7<944::aid-mus21>3.0.co;2-t

✦ Synopsis

Lateral antebrachial cutaneous neuropathy (LACN) was diagnosed in a young woman who developed pain and paresthesias in the right forearm after a long day of windsurfing (board sailing). The symptoms resolved with conservative treatment, including cessation of windsurfing and a brief course of oral corticosteroids. There was a permanent residual cutaneous sensory deficit in the distribution of the LACN. LACN is important to recognize because the symptomatology may mimic pathology of a cervical root, the brachial plexus, and the radial and median nerves at the level of the elbow.