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A patient notes pain in the area highlighted with a star (see photograph) while grasping the thumb in ulnar deviation.
Which disorder is MOST likely present?
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Carpal Tunnel syndrome
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Ganglion Cyst pain
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Wartenburg’s syndrome
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De Quervain syndrome
The correct answer is:
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This would be distinguished by pain in the first three digits and would not necessarily be position dependent.
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This would be a localized pain that would increase with direct pressure of the cyst. This is not the MOST likely disorder.
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This is a superficial radial nerve entrapment that causes numbness of the anatomical snuffbox throughout the dorsum of the hand and would not be motion dependent.
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This is the correct answer. Eichoff’s test (pictured) will reproduce the symptoms of pain near the styloid process of the radius.