Problemi non correnti
La sindrome dello stretto toracico nel bambino e nell’adolescente
THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
GIANNI VERCELLIO, VITTORIA BARALDINI, MICHELE COLETTI, LETIZIA CIPOLAT, ALESSANDRA BAUDO
Unitŕ Operativa di Chirurgia Vascolare, Centro Angiomi e Malformazioni Vascolari, Presidio Ospedaliero “V. Buzzi”, ICP, Milano
Febbraio 2004 - pagg. 95 -99
Abstract
TOS is considered a relatively rare clinical condition. In most of cases TOS affects young men
and women in their third - fourth decade of life, without any sex prevalence. In children and
adolescents it is currently considered an exceptional finding: in a recent literature review
very few cases of TOS requiring surgical treatment have been reported in the paediatric
age. However, over the last 3 years, 11 children were treated for TOS at the Vascular Unit
of V. Buzzi Children’s Hospital, and this may indicate that the incidence of this clinical condition
in this age group is higher than previously thought and that this condition often goes
misdiagnosed.
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