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Case Reports

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in a Patient With Poland Syndrome

Levent Özçakar, MD^a,b,_*, Engin Çakar, MD^a, Mehmet Zeki Kralp, MD^a, Alparslan Bayram Çarl, MD^a, Ouz Durmu, MD^a, Ümit Dinçer, MD^a

^a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpaa Training Hospital, stanbul, Turkey
^b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey

Accepted for publication March 2, 2009.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Özçakar, Fakülteler Mahallesi Yeni Acun Sokak 11/2, Cebeci, Ankara, 06100, Turkey (Email: lozcakar{at}yahoo.com).

We report a 20-year-old man with Poland syndrome who suffered from weakness, pain, numbness, and discoloration in the left upper extremity. He was eventually diagnosed as also having thoracic outlet syndrome. The concomitance of these two disorders is discussed with a special emphasis on the underlying mechanisms.