anterior interosseous syndrome
- anterior interosseous syndrome
- anterior interosseous nerve syndrome a complex of symptoms caused by a lesion of the anterior interosseous nerve, resulting usually from fracture or laceration but sometimes from an entrapment neuropathy; symptoms include pain in the proximal forearm and weakness of the muscles innervated by the nerve. Called also Kiloh-Nevin s.
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