Author/Authors :
Gezer, Suat Ataturk s Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Turkey , Altınok, Tamer Ataturk s Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Turkey , Agackıran, Yetkin Ataturk s Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital - Department of Pathology, Turkey , Taştepe, İrfan Ataturk s Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital - Department of Thoracic Surgery, Turkey
Abstract :
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.
