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Differential Diagnosis For Unilateral Arm Swelling in Children
- Trauma Causes
Sprain
Bite, animal
Bite, human
Bite, infected animal or human
Clavicle fracture/callus formation
Colle's fracture
Falls/trauma
Radial head/fracture
Shoulder fracture
Wrist fracture
Arthritis, traumatic
Blunt trauma
Growth plate injury/epiphyseal trauma
Trauma to extremities
Shoulder sprain/trauma
Elbow fracture
Fracture humerus
Navicular fracture (carpal)
Reversed Colle's fracture
Brachial plexus stretch/injury
Anconeus muscle strain/elbow
Rotator cuff tear/shoulder
Vibratory trauma/extremity
Wrist ligament/derangement syndrome- Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders
Intravenous lines/indwelling status- Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
Septic bursitis
Herpetic whitlow
Impetigo
Necrotizing fasciitis/Streptococcus
Mycobacterium/fortuitum/ulcerans/others- Infected organ, Abscesses
Bullous impetigo
Cellulitis
Osteomyelitis
Whitlow/pulp space finger infection
Hand compartment infection syndrome
Necrotizing fasciitis/mixed
Septic bursitis/elbow- Neoplastic Disorders
Lymphomas
Lymphangiosarcoma, extremity
Lymphoma/malignant, non-Hodgkins
Metastasis brachial plexus/axilla node- Congenital, Developmental Disorders
Paralysis, upper brachial plexus/Erb- Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Sickle cell anemia- Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders
Factitious cutaneous ulcer- Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Acromioclavicular separation/arthritis
Hand Foreign Body- Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
Brachial/axillary artery occlusion
Acute limb ischemia
Axillary vein, traumatic thrombosis- Reference to Organ System
Tenosynovitis, wrist
Rotator cuff bursitis/tendonitis
Shoulder, adhesive capsulitis- Poisoning (Specific Agent)
Snakebite (rattlesnake/pit viper type)
Poison ivy/Poison oak/sumac
Spider bite, Brown Recluse- Synonyms
- 0-11 years old, Child, Child (person), Child Youth, Childhood age person, Childhood age person (person), Children, Children (0-21), Large arm swelling, Unilateral
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