Cubital Tunnel Syndrome Differential Diagnosis

Cubital tunnel syndrome is a disease that refers to the symptoms of elbow bed inflammation in the patient's joint, which can affect the patient's nerve compression and rheumatism and other diseases. It is recommended that patients should treat cubital tunnel syndrome in a timely manner. How should we judge whether it is cubital tunnel syndrome in our daily life? We need to judge it based on its symptoms. We can judge it from the abnormal movement of the limbs and the inflexibility of the fingers.

Cubital tunnel syndrome is a common disease in daily life. It usually refers to compression of the ulnar nerve due to traumatic arthritis of the elbow. There is a thickened fibrous band between the two ends of the ulnar flexor carpi, which compresses the ulnar nerve. The causes are complex, including space-occupying lesions such as hemangiomas and ganglion cysts that do not include the cubital tunnel; osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic diseases such as leprosy may all cause it. In order to avoid its harm, timely treatment is necessary, and the symptoms of cubital tunnel syndrome are the basis for reminding patients to seek medical treatment in time.

What are the symptoms of cubital tunnel syndrome?

1. Symptoms

The symptoms of cubital tunnel syndrome are the basis for the diagnosis of cubital tunnel syndrome, which is more common in middle-aged people, especially those who work with elbows bent, such as keyboard operators, instrument players, throwing athletes, and those who sleep with their elbows resting on them. Early symptoms usually include numbness and discomfort in the little finger, and difficulty in writing and using chopsticks. Severe cases are usually accompanied by weakness in the ulnar wrist flexor muscles and the deep flexor muscles of the ring finger and little finger, and atrophy of the intrinsic muscles of the hand.

2. Differential diagnosis

Although the symptoms of cubital tunnel syndrome are an important basis for diagnosis, its symptoms are also similar to those of other diseases. Therefore, when making a diagnosis, it is necessary to combine medical history, physical signs, positive Tinel sign, electromyography and X-ray examinations to establish a diagnosis. It has important significance and positive effect in avoiding misdiagnosis and wrong diagnosis.