True Neurogenic Th oracic Outlet Syndrome Following Hyperabduction during Sleep - A Case Report -True Neurogenic Th oracic Outlet Syndrome Following Hyperabduction during Sleep - A Case Report -
- Other Titles
- True Neurogenic Th oracic Outlet Syndrome Following Hyperabduction during Sleep - A Case Report -
- Authors
- Ji Hoon Lee; 김동휘; Hyun Soo Choi; 양승남; 조원민; Seung Hwa Lee; 정환훈; 신재승
- Issue Date
- 2011
- Publisher
- 대한재활의학회
- Keywords
- Thoracic outlet syndrome; Neurogenic; Hyperabduction sleep
- Citation
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, v.35, no.4, pp.565 - 569
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Volume
- 35
- Number
- 4
- Start Page
- 565
- End Page
- 569
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/113803
- ISSN
- 2234-0645
- Abstract
- True neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is an uncommon disease and is difficult to diagnose at the early stage and then completely cure. We experienced a case of true neurogenic TOS with typical clinical symptoms and electrophysiologic findings as a result of repetitive habitual sleep posture. A 31-year-old woman who had complained of progressive tingling sensation on the 4th and 5th fingers with shoulder pain was diagnosed of brachial plexopathy at the lower trunk level by electrodiagnostic studies. There was no other cause of brachial plexopathy except her habit of hyperabduction of shoulder during sleep. This case demonstrated that the habitual abnormal posture can be the only major cause of neurogenic TOS. It is of importance to consider TOS with the habitual cause because simple correction of the posture could stabilize or even reverse disease progress.
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