So I was between L4 and S1 radiculopathies on this one and couldn't remember the sensory/motor/reflex losses that differentiated the two. Here's a summary (including L5 for completeness)
L4 Radiculopathy:
L5 Radiculopathy:
S1 Radiculopathy:
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Pt has malignant effusion, which you would expect to be exudative. Exudative is characterized by protein pleural/serum > 0.5 LDH pleural/serum >0.6, and a LDH >2/3 upper limit of normal. So that would be increased protein or increased LDH, LDH is not an answer, so easy to rule out.
This is Paget-Schroetter disease
An upper extremity thrombosis triggered by extreme activity.
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