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AAN Annual Meeting 2021: ¡No te pierdas el currículum en español!

April 16, 2021 | Guillermo Delgado-García, MD, and Alonso Zea Vera, MD

Como en años pasados, el currículum en español (Spanish language-track) será parte de la reunión anual. El contenido es amplio y diverso.

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AAN Annual Meeting 2021: Highlights for Medical Students, Residents, and Fellows
April 14, 2021 | Katherine Fu, MD

For trainees, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual Meeting is the time of year to hear the latest updates on research and clinical practice, network with new colleagues and reunite with old friends, and acquire new knowledge and skills by attending the broad array of sessions the meeting has to offer. This year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic the Annual Meeting has shifted to a novel virtual format for this year. Nevertheless, the same diversity, breadth of session topics, and fantastic list of speakers remain a center point in this year’s meeting.

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Training in Neurology

The COVID-19 pandemic affects neurologic care and how clinicians treat conditions during this time. We plan to highlight blogs from residents and fellows on their experiences during the pandemic, and we hope these will be useful teaching tools for other residents and fellows around the globe.

Additional Invited Commentaries

Pouya Khankhanian, MD
EEG Reading and Interpretation: Are graduating residents prepared for that panic call that they are going to get in the middle of the night?

Nathan Farkas, MD
Roadmap to Interventional: A guide for neurology trainees to avoid pitfalls in pursuing Neuro-intervention

Jeffrey Ratliff, MD, and Stacey Clardy, MD, PhD, FAAN
Neurology Recall Journal Club: A new tool from the Neurology® Podcast team for residents, chief residents, and program directors

Ariel M. Lyons-Warren, MD; Whitley Aamodt, MD, MPH; and Roy E. Strowd, MD, FAAN
Teaching the Art of Quality Peer Review

Nathan Baisden, MD Candidate for the Class of 2021
Applying to Residency in a Pandemic: An Opportunity to Look at the Process with a New Perspective

Other Residents & Fellows News

Roy Strowd
Welcoming a New Team: excited for a new team of RFS resident editors

Jens Witsch
Invited Commentary: Rule out this, rule in that: strokes and stroke mimics

April 16, 2021

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April 20 | e-Pearl of the Week | Cheiralgia Paresthetica
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Cheiralgia Paresthetica

Cheiralgia paresthetica (Wartenburg syndrome), a pure sensory neuropathy of the superficial branch of radial nerve, presents with burning or shooting pain and paresthesia in the first dorsal web space (anatomical snuffbox).^1,2 Symptoms can extend to the dorsolateral aspect of hand and forearm, thumb, index and middle fingers.^1,2 Pathogenesis involves nerve compression secondary to handcuffs/wristwatches, penetrating wounds of the forearm and radial fractures.² It is more prevalent in women (4:1) and those ages 20-70.² Nerve conduction studies show low or absent dorsal radial SNAP.² Ultrasound can localize the site of compression and MRI can identify structural nerve changes including edema.^1,2 Differentials include de-Quervain's tenosynovitis, lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve neuritis and first carpometacarpal arthritis.² Spontaneous resolution is common; NSAIDs and splinting are effective in 70% of cases.²

References:
1. Hu SY, Choi JG, Son BC. Cheiralgia Paresthetica: An Isolated Neuropathy of the Superficial Branch of the Radial Nerve in Nerve. 2015;1 (1): 1-5; 2015 October 31 https://doi.org/10.21129/nerve.2015.1.1.1
2. Anthony JH, Hadeed A, Hoffler CE. Cheiralgia Paresthetica. [Updated 2019 Oct 31]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2020 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK545200/
Submitted by Moin Ud Din, MD, Research Fellow, Houston Medical Clerkship.

Dr. Moin Ud Din reports no disclosures.