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| Title |
Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome due to subclavius posticus muscle with dynamic brachial plexus compression: a case report
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, August 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-015-1317-3 |
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| Authors |
Julia Muellner, Alain Kaelin-Lang, Oliver Pfeiffer, Marwan Mohamed El-Koussy |
| Abstract |
Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome is an underestimated cause of brachial weakness and pain. The subclavius posticus muscle (SPM) is an aberrant muscle originating from the medial aspect of the first rib reaching to superior border of the scapula, which may cause, depending on its activation, dynamic compression of the brachial plexus. In the present study, we report about a 32-year-old male caucasian patient with weakness in radial deviation of his left hand. An isolated macrodactyly of his left middle finger had been operated twice. Electroneurography showed a carpal-tunnel-syndrome (CTS) on the left side. MRI of the brachial plexus revealed an additional muscle in the costoclavicular space, identified as SPM. To our knowledge, this is the second case report of a neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome due to SPM, and the first case described with isolated macrodactyly and CTS in the same patient. If complaints about hand weakness are only reported in cases of distinct hand positions, a dynamic compression of the brachial plexus by SPM may be the cause. A neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome may facilitate the development of CTS. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Japan | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 33 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 6 | 17% |
| Other | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 17% |
| Unknown | 10 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 57% |
| Psychology | 1 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 1 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 12 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 February 2024.
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