Clinical presentation of cervical ribs in the pediatric population

Kenny H Chan; Sarah A Gitomer; Jonathan N Perkins; Conan Liang; John D Strain

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.10.048

Clinical presentation of cervical ribs in the pediatric population

J Pediatr. 2013 Mar;162(3):635-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.10.048. Epub 2012 Dec 5.

Authors

Kenny H Chan¹, Sarah A Gitomer, Jonathan N Perkins, Conan Liang, John D Strain

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 23219244
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.10.048

Abstract

Cervical ribs may cause thoracic outlet syndrome in adults, but symptoms are poorly described in children. In our series, 88.8% of the 322 children were asymptomatic. The most common symptoms were neck mass and pain. Useful diagnostic tools were cervical spine and chest radiographs. Differential diagnosis of a supraclavicular mass includes cervical ribs.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cervical Rib / diagnostic imaging*
Cervical Rib Syndrome / diagnosis*
Cervical Rib Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
Child
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Neck Pain / diagnosis
Neck Pain / etiology
Radiography, Thoracic
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index