A high proportion (43%) of patients with venous TOS exhibited CC, OD, and a previously undetected FRFx, including 76% of those over the age of 30. These lesions occur in the cartilaginous anterior rib where they are clinically occult and undetected by standard radiographic imaging.
We postulate that age-related CC may predispose to OD and stress-induced FRFx, and that inflammation, fibrosis, and anatomic distortion in the surrounding soft tissues may contribute to SCV compression.
2012-04-30
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Center for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Department of Surgery (Section of Vascular Surgery), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
J Vasc Surg. 2012 May;55(5):1363-9
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