Dar Rayees Ahmad, Wani Sabiya Hamid, Mushtaque Majid
Department of General and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, 190011 Srinagar, J&K, India.
Case Rep Surg. 2011;2011:163792. doi: 10.1155/2011/163792. Epub 2011 Oct 20.
Isolated fracture of a cervical rib is a very rare entity and usually presents as a painless swelling or as thoracic outlet syndrome. We describe a case of a 45-year-old woman with history of fall two months back. She presented with symptoms of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome for one month. Isolated left cervical rib fracture was documented on X-ray cervical spine. Her fractured cervical rib was resected through a supraclavicular approach, and symptoms resolved completely in the postoperative period.
孤立性颈肋骨折是一种非常罕见的情况，通常表现为无痛性肿胀或胸廓出口综合征。我们描述一例45岁女性病例，她在两个月前有跌倒史。她出现神经源性胸廓出口综合征症状已有一个月。颈椎X线片显示孤立性左侧颈肋骨折。通过锁骨上入路切除了她骨折的颈肋，术后症状完全缓解。
