Thursday, October 21, 2010

There is a Fracture, I Must Fix It

This gentleman had a sports accident where he fell onto his shoulder.

Challenge: Where is the fracture?

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3 comments:

city said...

clavicle?

Anonymous said...

Proximal humerus would be my guess?

Craig said...

Not really enough information - I was going to show an X-ray but then it'd be too obvious
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There is a Fracture, I Must Fix It.

The image shows swelling over the right clavicle, suggesting a clavicular fracture.

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