Differential Diagnosis For Unilateral arm swelling

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Trauma Causes

Sprain

Bite, animal

Bite, human

Bite, infected animal or human

Clavicle fracture/callus formation

Colle's fracture

Cumulative trauma syndrome/arm/hand

Falls/trauma

Radial head/fracture

Shoulder fracture

Wrist fracture

Arthritis, traumatic

Blunt trauma

Growth plate injury/epiphyseal trauma

Hematoma fingertip/fingerpad

Trauma to extremities

Shoulder sprain/trauma

Elbow fracture

Fracture humerus

Glenoid labrum tear/shoulder

Navicular fracture (carpal)

Reversed Colle's fracture

Brachial plexus stretch/injury

Anconeus muscle strain/elbow

Hyperabduction syndrome

Medial epicondylitis/elbow

Rotator cuff tear/shoulder

Scaphoid-lunate ligament advcd collapse

Vibratory trauma/extremity

Wrist ligament/derangement syndrome

Biceps Muscle Rupture

Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes

Chilblains/pernio

Frostbite

Iatrogenic, Self Induced Disorders

Intravenous lines/indwelling status

Surgical, Procedure Complication

Axillary dissection/surgical

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

Pyogenic Elbow Arthritis

Neoplastic Disorders

Lymphomas

Lymphangiosarcoma, extremity

Lymphoma/malignant, non-Hodgkins

Metastasis brachial plexus/axilla node

Pancoast tumor/syndrome

Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders

Serum sickness

Eosinophilic fasciitis

Congenital, Developmental Disorders

Cervical rib syndrome

Paralysis, upper brachial plexus/Erb

Osteochondrosis, lunate bone (Kienbock)

Osteochondrosis capitulum humeri, juven (Haas)

Hypermobility of joints syndrome

Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders

Sickle cell anemia

Thrombophlebitis/hereditary/recurrent

Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders

Factitious cutaneous ulcer

Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Superior vena cava syndrome

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Acromioclavicular separation/arthritis

Shoulder/impingment/derangement

Scalenus anticus syndrome

Triangular fibrocartilage complex dis

Hand Foreign Body

Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders

Embolism, arterial

Brachial/axillary artery occlusion

Acute limb ischemia

Axillary vein, traumatic thrombosis

Subclavian arteriosclerosis/stenosis

Subclavian steal syndrome

Functional, Physiologic Variant Disorders

Occupational disorders

Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders

Shoulder-hand syndrome

Buerger's thromboangiitis obliterans

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy/Sudeck's

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome

Reference to Organ System

Epicondylitis/tennis elbow tendonitis

Tendonitis

Tenosynovitis, wrist

DeQuervain's tendonitis/thumb

Rotator cuff bursitis/tendonitis

Shoulder, adhesive capsulitis

Adiposis dolorosa (Dercum)

Poisoning (Specific Agent)

Snakebite (rattlesnake/pit viper type)

Poison ivy/Poison oak/sumac

Spider bite, Brown Recluse

Synonyms

arm swelling, Swelling arm, Swelling of arm, Swelling of arm (finding), Swollen arm, Unilateral, UPPER EXTREMITY SWELLING

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