Thoracic outlet syndrome due to first rib subluxation in a 69-year-old woman

E. Deveze; M. Daligault; M. Ammi; J. Picquet

Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations (Sep 2022)

Thoracic outlet syndrome due to first rib subluxation in a 69-year-old woman

E. Deveze,
M. Daligault,
M. Ammi,
J. Picquet

Affiliations

E. Deveze: Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of ANGERS, 4 Rue Larrey, Angers 49000, France; Corresponding author.
M. Daligault: Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of ANGERS, 4 Rue Larrey, Angers 49000, France
M. Ammi: Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of ANGERS, 4 Rue Larrey, Angers 49000, France
J. Picquet: Department of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of ANGERS, 4 Rue Larrey, Angers 49000, France; UMR INSERM 1083-CNRS 6015, MitoVasc Institute, Angers, France

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 3
p. 100114

Abstract

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Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is mostly a congenital disorder, in young females. We report a case of a first rib subluxation in a 69-year-old woman as a mechanism of TOS after osteopathic manipulative treatment.

Published in Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations

ISSN: 2772-6878 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system; Medicine: Surgery
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