These ribs attach to the thoracic vertebra of the spinal column in the back ... develop on the last vertebra of the neck (the seventh cervical vertebra), above the typical first rib.

People have cervical ribs bilaterally or unilaterally (both sides or on one side). The majority of patients with cervical ribs are nonsymptomatic, that is to say, they do provoke any symptoms.

Diagnosis of the cervical rib is simply made by a chest radiograph and cervical spine films. Additionally, the presenting symptoms are usually neurogenic and/or arterial in nature. These patients ...

One hundred percent of patients with a combination of neurogenic and arterial thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) requiring cervical rib resection had Roos type I and/or II bands. Additional surgical ...