Anesth Pain Med.  2012 Oct;7(4):348-351.

Overlapped multiple distal entrapment neuropathies hindering diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome: A case report

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  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. allforone97@naver.com

Abstract

Thoracic outlet syndrome is caused by the compression of neurovascular structures at the thoracic outlet region. Diagnosis is difficult since thoracic outlet syndrome is often accompanied by distal entrapment neuropathies such as carpal tunnel syndrome or ulnar and radial neuropathies. In this article, the authors report a case regarding a patient with thoracic outlet syndrome whose diagnosis was delayed due to the overlapping of multiple distal entrapment neuropathies.

Keyword

Anterior scalene block; Distal entrapment neuropathy; Double crush syndrome; Thoracic outlet syndrome

MeSH Terms

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Humans
Nerve Compression Syndromes
Radial Neuropathy
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
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