Originally Posted by shengggmd

Short answer is no. Arterial TOS patient 99% time present with pulsatile mass in supraclavicular area related to the aneurysmal degeneration of subclavian artery. Aneurysms in this are can do two things 1. throw clots down to the finger tips. 2 thrombose and completely occlude and cause limb loss. 1% patient can present with vertebral artery stroke because vert. a comes off subclavian artery when subclavian artery thrombosis clots can got to brain. I have seen it once. Venous TOS in additional to arm swelling can cause pulmonary embolism ( i think of the hansons brothers (the band) had VTOS with PE) . should not give you pulsatile tinnitus.