Thoracic outlet syndrome in a competitive baseball player secondary to the anomalous insertion of an atrophic pectoralis minor muscle: A case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1016-1019

  Simovitch, Ryan W ^a,b   Bal, George K ^a   Basamania, Carl J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary artery; Hyperabduction syndrome; Pectoralis minor muscle; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Wright test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOMALOUS PECTORALIS MINOR MUSCLE INSERTION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BASEBALL; CASE REPORT; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FASCIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PECTORALIS MINOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TINGLING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYMPTOM; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; WRIGHT TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BASEBALL; HUMANS; MALE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME;

EID: 33646560912     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546505284386     Document Type: Article

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