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Mga Posibleng Sanhi ng Sakit sa Kilikili

  • Herpes zoster (pre-eruptive stage) 1
  • Mastitis 1, 2
  • Breast abscess 1
  • Mondor disease 1
  • Noncyclical breast pain 1
  • Lymphedema 3
  • Brachial plexus lesion 4
  • Cervical radiculopathy 4
  • Upper thoracic radiculopathy 5
  • Intercostobrachial nerve injury 4, 6
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome 4
  • Pericapsulitis ng shoulder joint 4
  • Brachioradial pruritus 7
  • Neoplasm involving upper thoracic root 5
  • Breast cancer 4, 8

References

1
Guideline

Severe Breast Area Pain with Unremarkable Skin: Consider Pre-Eruptive Herpes Zoster

Praxis Medical Insights: Practical Summaries of Clinical Guidelines, 2025

2
Guideline

Mastitis Etiology and Pathophysiology

Praxis Medical Insights: Practical Summaries of Clinical Guidelines, 2025

3
Guideline

Lymphedema Management and Differentiation

Praxis Medical Insights: Practical Summaries of Clinical Guidelines, 2025

4
Research

Arm pain in the patient with breast cancer.

Journal of pain and symptom management, 1990

6
Research

[Lesion of the intercostobrachial nerve].

Der Nervenarzt, 1985

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