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The Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Produced by Costochondritis

P.S. Pasquariello, JR

Pediatric and Orthopedic Staff of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Henry H. Sherk

Pediatric and Orthopedic Staff of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James E. Miller

Pediatric and Orthopedic Staff of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a rare condition in children. Compression of the neurvascular bundle as it passes from the neck through the thorax into the arm may be produced by numerous anatomic and structural abnormalities. This case represents compression produced by spasm of the pectoralis minor muscle originating from costochondritis.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 20, No. 9, 602-603 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288102000908
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