Lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve injury induced by phlebotomy.
BACKGROUND
Phlebotomy is one of the routine procedures done in medical labs daily.


METHODS
A 52 yr woman noted shooting pain and dysesthesia over her right side anterolateral aspect of forearm, clinical examination and electrodiagnostic studies showed severe involvement of right side lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve.


CONCLUSIONS
Phlebotomy around lateral aspect of antecubital fossa may cause lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve injury, electrodiagnostic studies are needed for definite diagnosis.
Rayegani
S Mansoor
SM
Physical medicine & rehabilitation Dept,, Shohada medical center, Shaheed Beheshti medical university, Tehran, Iran. rayegani@gmail.com
Azadi
Arezoo
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