title: Clinical presentation of cervical ribs in the pediatric population.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. Kenny.chan@childrenscolorado.org
authors.forename: Kenny H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Gitomer
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: Conan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Strain
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D057070:Cervical Rib / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002573:Cervical Rib Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index