Keywords
aneurysm
subclavian artery
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Abstract
The term Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) was coined to describe a group of patients with compression of the subclavian vessels, artery or vein and the brachial plexus in the area of the thoracic outlet. TOS is responsible for 5 to 10% of painful symptoms in the upper limb.
A case of a 70-year-old female patient is described, who is admitted due to pain in the right upper limb of about 2 months of evolution, associated with paresthesia, coldness and weakness. Angiography shows aneurysm of the right subclavian artery and cervical rib present and fused to the first thoracic rib. In the surgical intervention, a supernumerary cervical rib resection and aneurysm repair with a PTFE prosthesis were performed.
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