The prevalence of cervical ribs in a London population.
Clin Anat
; 22(3): 331-6, 2009 Apr.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19280652
Cervical ribs are an important cause of neurovascular compression at the thoracic outlet. Previous studies have shown the prevalence of cervical ribs to be between 0.05 and 3%, depending on the sex and race of the population studied. We examined 1,352 chest radiographs to determine the prevalence of cervical ribs in a London population of mixed sex and ethnicity. Our study found that the overall prevalence of cervical ribs was 0.74% with a higher rate in females compared with males (1.09 and 0.42%, respectively). Of the 10 individuals with a cervical rib, five were on the left, three were on the right and two were bilateral. The presence of elongated C7 transverse processes (transverse apophysomegaly) was also noted. We found a total of 30 elongated transverse processes with an overall prevalence of 2.21%. They were also more common in females (3.43%) than males (1.13%).
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Costillas
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Síndrome de la Costilla Cervical
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Anat
Asunto de la revista:
ANATOMIA
Año:
2009
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos