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:

  1. cityOctober 22, 2010 at 5:35 PM

    clavicle?

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  2. AnonymousOctober 25, 2010 at 4:38 AM

    Proximal humerus would be my guess?

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  3. CraigOctober 25, 2010 at 8:40 PM

    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.

    Sources: UpToDate; meded.ucsd.edu.

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