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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2012
Case ReportsVenous thoracic outlet syndrome caused by a congenital rib malformation.
- Andreas Kirschbaum, Emanuel Palade, Zoltan Csatari, and Bernward Passlick.
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Freiburg University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany. andreas.kirschbaum@uniklinik-freiburg.de
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Aug 1; 15 (2): 328-9.
AbstractVenous thoracic outlet syndrome (VTOS) represents a rare disorder. Hypertrophy of the anterior scalene musculature is the cause of the compression syndrome in most cases. To our knowledge, we describe the first reported case worldwide of a venous compression syndrome caused by a congenital malformation of the 1st and 2nd ribs. Treatment by transaxillary partial rib resection was necessary and a very good postoperative result was achieved.
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