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Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume  6, Issue 3, July – September 2020, Pages 211-214
 

Case Report

Small Steal, Big Deal! : Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Tanushree Jain1, Kishalay Datta2, Gurjit Kaur

1,33rd Year MEM Resident , 2Director and HOD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi - 110088, India

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.6320.12

Abstract

Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is one of the types of thoracic outlet
syndromes caused by compression of large arteries between the clavicle & first rib. The predominant causes involved are usually repetitive injuries/ sports injuries, motor-vehicle accidents or certain anatomical defects like an extra rib. Patients present with a varied set of non-specific complaints ranging from pain in the neck/shoulder/arms, numbness/tingling of fingers, limb weakness or discoloration, etc. Physical rehabilitation & thrombolysis remains the mainstay of the treatment. Prevention is of course better than the treatment.
 

Keywords: Arterial Thoracic; Outlet Syndrome; Trauma; Thrombolysis


Corresponding Author : Kishalay Datta, Director and HOD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi - 110088, India