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Pages 68-72 (January - March 2020)
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Vol. 54. Issue 1.
Pages 68-72 (January - March 2020)
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Síndrome axillary web idiopático
Idiopathic axillary web syndrome
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A.B. Puentes Gutiérrez
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, M. García Bascones, R. Puentes Gutiérrez, M. Díaz Jiménez
Servicio de Rehabilitación, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, España
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Se presenta el caso clínico de una mujer de 67 años, que desarrolló un cordón subcutáneo en la axila hasta la cara interna del brazo, acompañado de dolor axilar de características neuropáticas, sin antecedente quirúrgico ni infeccioso. Se le instruyó en ejercicios domiciliarios, y la evolución fue favorable con mejoría progresiva y espontánea. A los 4 meses persistía un pequeño cordón visible con la abducción y leve disestesia axilar, de menor intensidad que al inicio. Se diagnosticó de síndrome axillary web (SAW) idiopático, por exclusión.

Es ampliamente conocido este síndrome tras cirugía ganglionar axilar en el tratamiento del cáncer mama, siendo aún desconocida la etiopatogenia. Son excepcionales los casos publicados sobre el SAW sin antecedente quirúrgico, y los pocos documentados tienen como antecedente un proceso infeccioso o esfuerzo físico intenso. No se ha encontrado descrito en la literatura ningún caso de SAW de etiología idiopática, pudiendo ser este el primer caso. La localización anatómica, presentación y evolución clínica del SAW no quirúrgico es extrapolable al posquirúrgico.

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Síndrome axillary web
Idiopático
Nervio intercostobraquial
Dolor
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We report the case of a 67-year-old woman who developed a cord of subcutaneous tissue extending from the axilla into the medial arm, accompanied by axillary neuropathic pain, with no history of surgery or infection. The patient was instructed in home exercises, and the condition progressively improved. Four months later, a small cord was visible on abduction with mild axillary dysesthesia, which was less severe than at onset. Diagnosis of exclusion was idiopathic axillary web syndrome (AWS).

This syndrome is widely recognized after surgical axillary lymph node removal to treat breast cancer, but the etiopathogenesis is still unknown. Published reports of AWS with no history of surgery are rare, but a few reports have described this entity after infection or intense exercise. There are currently no previous reports of idiopathic AWS. The anatomical and clinical presentation, and clinical course of AWS without prior surgery, are similar to those of postoperative AWS.

Keywords:
Axillary web syndrome
Idiopathic
Intercostobrachial nerve
Pain

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