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S Mansoor Rayegani1, Arezoo Azadi
1Physical medicine & rehabilitation Dept,, Shohada medical center, Shaheed Beheshti medical university, Tehran, Iran. rayegani@gmail.com
Background:
Phlebotomy is one of the routine procedures done in medical labs daily.
Case Presentation:
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.
Conclusion:
Phlebotomy around lateral aspect of antecubital fossa may cause lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve injury, electrodiagnostic studies are needed for definite diagnosis.
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