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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2023

The left hand of a newborn is extended in all its joints, stretched along the torso, and pronated in the forearm. Active movements of the shoulder joint are retained. The hand is flattened, atrophied, cold to touch, hangs passively. Grasping and palmomental reflexes are absent at the affected side. Hemogram indicators are normal. Make the most likely diagnosis:

Answer options

  1. Inferior distal obstetrical paralysis
  2. Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
  3. Complete obstetrical paralysis
  4. Proximal obstetrical paralysis
  5. Osteomyelitis
Correct answer

Inferior distal obstetrical paralysis

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