超聲波檢查或許不久即可用于診斷胸廓出口綜合征(TOS)，根據(jù)2006年2月末在San Diego(CA, USA)舉行的美國(guó)疼痛控制學(xué)會(huì)年會(huì)(AAPM)的一篇發(fā)言說(shuō)，這種方法價(jià)格經(jīng)濟(jì)而且更加迅速可靠。

在他的AAPM會(huì)議上的發(fā)言中，Sheldon E. Jordan醫(yī)生講解了他使用超聲波檢測(cè)TOS的研究結(jié)果，他是加州大學(xué)洛山磯分校(UCLA; USA)神經(jīng)病學(xué)臨床副教授。這種疾病能夠能夠?qū)е率趾蜕现槟九c疼痛，這是由于斜角肌三角之間壓迫而形成的，這已經(jīng)成為充滿爭(zhēng)議的問(wèn)題。與腰椎間盤(pán)損傷一樣，胸廓出口綜合征的解剖學(xué)病變?cè)谀切](méi)有被診斷出來(lái)的患者中已經(jīng)十分典型，而且不一定總是表現(xiàn)為疼痛，這就使得影像學(xué)檢查變得十分復(fù)雜。
 
Ultrasound Valuable in Diagnosing Thoracic Disorder
 
Ultrasound imaging may soon make diagnosing thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) less expensive, quicker, and more readily available, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) in late February 2006 in San Diego (CA, USA).

In his presentation at the AAPM, Sheldon E. Jordan, M.D., clinical associate professor of neurology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA; USA), discussed his study’s findings on the use of ultrasound to diagnose TOS. The syndrome, which causes numbness and pain in the hand and forearm because of compression in the interscalene triangle, has been a controversial topic. Similar to lumbar disc damage, anatomic findings of thoracic outlet syndrome are typical in undiagnosed individuals and are not always associated with pain, which makes imaging-based diagnosis more complex.