Thoracic outlet syndrome in a child--transaxillary resection of anomalous first rib.

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is extremely rare in children. Only several pediatric cases have been reported, and all presented with neurologic symptoms. The authors report on a 6-year-old boy with an asymptomatic left subclavian artery aneurysm caused by compression of the subclavian artery by an anomalous first rib with poststenotic aneurysmal dilatation.

Congenital bronchobiliary fistula in association with right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

A case of congenital bronchobiliary fistula is reported in conjunction with another congenital anomaly, right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia. The liver was herniated through the diaphragmatic defect into the right chest where a fistula tract was identified from the surface of the liver to the right mainstem bronchus. The patient was treated successfully.

Thoracic outlet syndrome with subclavian aneurysm in a very young child: the complementary value of MRA and 3D-CT in diagnosis.

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is rare in childhood. In adults, TOS results in compression of the neurovascular bundle (branches of the brachial plexus and the subclavian artery), but more than 95% of cases present solely with neurologic compression. We present a case of TOS in a very young child and describe the rare finding of subclavian artery compression and post-stenotic aneurysm.