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A Case Report of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Improved by Integrated Korean Medical Treatment

흉곽출구증후군 환자에 대한 한의학적 통합치료 증례보고 1례

  • Lee, Dong Geun (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Lee, Ook Jae (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Lee, Ju Hee (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Lee, Sang Hyun (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Lee, Jung Hun (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Cheong, Min Seong (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University) ;
  • Kim, Jae Hong (Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University)
  • 이동근 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실) ;
  • 이욱재 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실) ;
  • 이주희 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실) ;
  • 이상현 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실) ;
  • 이정훈 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실) ;
  • 정민성 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실) ;
  • 김재홍 (동신대학교 한의과대학 침구의학교실)
  • Received : 2014.05.13
  • Accepted : 2014.06.06
  • Published : 2014.06.20
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Abstract

Objectives : There are few reports on treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome in the field of traditional Korean medicine. The aim of this study is to report a case of a 29-year-old male patient diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome, whose symptoms were relieved after 3-week integrated Korean medical treatment. Methods : A patient diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome was admitted into the Korean medicine hospital. The patient had left shoulder pain and left arm numbness. The pain was worse if it had become cold. The patient was treated using Sa-am acupuncture(Daejangseunggyeok), sweet bee venom acupuncture, herbal medicine and other treatment including physical therapy from September 7th to 27th of 2012. Improvement of the patient's symptoms was evaluated by verbal numerical rating scale(VNRS), skin surface temperature difference between the left and right symmetric part of digital infrared thermographic image(DITI). Results : After 3-weeks of treatment, VNRS decreased and skin surface temperature difference between the left and right symmetric part of DITI showed moderate improvement. Conclusions : The results suggest that integrated Korean medical treatment may affect to reduce the symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome. Further study is needed to evaluate the importance of this report.

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