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Hydatid disease of the first rib causing thoracic outlet syndrome
Suat Gezer1, Tamer Altinok, Yetkin Ağaçkiran
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ataturk's Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. suatr@hotmail.com
Objective:
To present a case of hydatid disease of the first rib as a rare cause of thoracic outlet syndrome.
Clinical Presentation:
A 57-year-old female patient who had suffered from pain on the left shoulder radiating to the arm and numbness and weakness on the left arm for 3 months was admitted to our hospital. She had undergone an operation due to a mass lesion of the first rib compressing the thoracic outlet which was detected in the preoperative examinations. During the intraoperative examination it was decided that the lesion was a hydatid cyst and the first rib was totally resected.
Conclusion:
This report shows that hydatid disease should be taken into consideration amongst the tumoral diseases of the first rib as a very rare cause of thoracic outlet syndrome.
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