In:
JBJS Case Connector, Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), Vol. 7, No. 3 ( 2017-9), p. e64-e64
Kurzfassung:
Stress fractures of the first rib rarely have been reported in association with sports activities. We report a case of a cerebellar infarction that possibly was associated with arterial thoracic outlet syndrome (aTOS) that developed as a result of extensive callus formation in a young baseball player with a stress fracture of the first rib. Conclusion: According to the literature, almost all cases of stress fracture in the first rib have a relatively good prognosis, and there are only a few reports of TOS occurring as a rare late complication. To our knowledge, there have been no prior reports of cerebellar infarction associated with aTOS following a stress fracture of the first rib.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2160-3251
DOI:
10.2106/JBJS.CC.17.00001
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publikationsdatum:
2017