Pectoralis Minor Syndrome: Case Presentation and Review of the Literature

We present a case of a healthy young female with axillary vein compression caused by the pectoralis minor muscle. Diagnosis was made by clinical findings and dynamic venography. After pectoralis minor tenotomy, the patient had total resolution of her symptoms. Compression of the axillary vein by the...

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Autores principales: Abdallah, Mohammed, Wehbe, Mohammad Rachad, Elias, Elias, Kutoubi, Muhammad Aghiad, Sfeir, Roger
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4939175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8456064
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author Abdallah, Mohammed
Wehbe, Mohammad Rachad
Elias, Elias
Kutoubi, Muhammad Aghiad
Sfeir, Roger
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description We present a case of a healthy young female with axillary vein compression caused by the pectoralis minor muscle. Diagnosis was made by clinical findings and dynamic venography. After pectoralis minor tenotomy, the patient had total resolution of her symptoms. Compression of the axillary vein by the pectoralis minor is a rare entity that needs a careful exam and imaging to reach its diagnosis and establish the appropriate treatment.
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spelling pubmed-49391752016-07-17 Pectoralis Minor Syndrome: Case Presentation and Review of the Literature Abdallah, Mohammed Wehbe, Mohammad Rachad Elias, Elias Kutoubi, Muhammad Aghiad Sfeir, Roger Case Rep Surg Case Report We present a case of a healthy young female with axillary vein compression caused by the pectoralis minor muscle. Diagnosis was made by clinical findings and dynamic venography. After pectoralis minor tenotomy, the patient had total resolution of her symptoms. Compression of the axillary vein by the pectoralis minor is a rare entity that needs a careful exam and imaging to reach its diagnosis and establish the appropriate treatment. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4939175/ /pubmed/27429830 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8456064 Text en Copyright © 2016 Mohammed Abdallah et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8456064
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