A case of cervical rib and neurovascular compression in Roman period

• Mauro Rubini ; Alessandro Gozzi ; Nunzia Libianchi ^[2] ; M. Letizia Arancio ^[1] ; Paola Zaio
  1. [1] University of Foggia

     University of Foggia

     Foggia, Italia

     
  2. [2] Anthropological Service Ministry of Culture, Rome
• Localización: European Journal of anatomy, ISSN-e 1136-4890, Vol. 23, Nº. 6, 2019, págs. 453-458
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The possibility to study axial anomalies directly on a skeletal individual is not very frequent. One well preserved skeletal individual from an Italian site dating to the late antique period (5th -4th cen-turies CE) was studied. This individual shows some interesting skeletal changes in the vertebrae and ribs. A supernumerary rib was found. It is a cervical rib connected to the 1st thoracic rib, pre-sumably with a fibrous bundle. The presence of cervical ribs can produce neurovascular compres-sion of the brachial plexus and subclavian vessels. Because of this, it is often a cause of thoracic out-let syndrome (TOS). In our case the presence of a cervical rib articulated with the first thoracic rib through a probable fibrous band could have re-stricted the space where the brachial plexus and subclavian vessels pass through, creating a state of neurovascular compression, similar