Preferred Label : cervical rib syndrome;

MeSH definition : A condition associated with compression of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; and SUBCLAVIAN VEIN at the thoracic outlet and caused by a complete or incomplete anomalous CERVICAL RIB or fascial band connecting the tip of a cervical rib with the first thoracic rib. Clinical manifestations may include pain in the neck and shoulder which radiates into the upper extremity, PARESIS or PARALYSIS of brachial plexus innervated muscles; sensory loss; PARESTHESIAS; ISCHEMIA; and EDEMA. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p214);

MeSH synonym : anomalous cervical rib syndrome; cervical rib syndromes; syndrome, cervical rib; syndromes, cervical rib;

MeSH hyponym : naffziger syndrome; Naffziger Syndromes; Syndrome, Naffziger; Syndromes, Naffziger; Naffziger's Syndrome; Naffziger's Syndromes; Syndrome, Naffziger's; Syndromes, Naffziger's;

Related MeSH term : Cervical-Rib-Cervical-Band syndrome; Cervical Rib Cervical Band Syndrome; Syndrome, Cervical-Rib-Cervical-Band;

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A condition associated with compression of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; and SUBCLAVIAN VEIN at the thoracic outlet and caused by a complete or incomplete anomalous CERVICAL RIB or fascial band connecting the tip of a cervical rib with the first thoracic rib. Clinical manifestations may include pain in the neck and shoulder which radiates into the upper extremity, PARESIS or PARALYSIS of brachial plexus innervated muscles; sensory loss; PARESTHESIAS; ISCHEMIA; and EDEMA. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p214)

http://www.cochrane.org/fr/CD007218
2010
United Kingdom
France
French
review of literature
cervical rib syndrome
treatment outcome
french abstract

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