title: Congenital venous web causing subclavian vein obstruction: a case report.
abstract: A 7 1/2-year-old black girl had exercise-induced swelling of the left arm and left anterior chest wall caused by a congenital venous web of the subclavian vein. Operative repair was accomplished by venotomy and excision of the web. A venous digital subtraction angiogram obtained on the sixth postoperative day showed unobstructed flow through the operative area. We believe that an isolated, nonthrombotic functional obstruction of the subclavian vein by a venous web has not been previously reported in the English-language literature.
authors: Department of Surgery, Boston University Medical Center.
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Fisher
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: Granson
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013350:Subclavian Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery