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Old 09-20-2010, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by mumoffive View Post
Hi Jo,

Thanks for your reply. Well I was refered to the cardiothoracic surgeon and had my appointment today. His registrar performed the Adsen Test and yes it was positive. I thought that meant I did have TOS? The surgeon told me that severe neck pain would not be associated with TOS normally and he has referred me on to a Neurosurgeon for further testing. .

Those positional tests help lean towards a possible dx, but 1 positive test alone doesn't prove it. They probably should do more of the positional tests as shown on this site - http://www.nismat.org/ptcor/thoracic_outlet/
As well as as taking a full history of your symptoms and any previous injuries, then decide if more in depth scans or tests are needed.

But many other things, like C spine injury, need to be ruled out & you can have multiple issues also, and that confuses the picture.

Have they done any Imaging/MRI yet ? sorry if I missed that .
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