scalenus syndrome meaning

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scalenus syndrome (noun): discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and arm; caused by a scalene muscle compressing the subclavian artery and part of the brachial plexus.

Definition of scalenus syndrome

  1. discomfort and vascular symptoms and loss of sensation in a shoulder and arm; caused by a scalene muscle compressing the subclavian artery and part of the brachial plexus

    Type of: syndrome

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