Acromial fracture - ultrasound
Diagnosis certain
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Presentation
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History of fall from bike 2two months back. Injury to the left upper chest.History of left upper posterior rib fracture.Complaining of pain in the left shoulder.Referred to check rotator cuff integrity.
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Findings
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Intact and normal echopatternecho pattern of the rotator cuff.
No bursal effusion.
No gleno-humeralglenohumeral effusion.
Acromion shows cortical breach, fragmentation.
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Caption
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Ultrasound findings favoured acromianacromial fracture or veryover less likely an os acromiale. Shoulder axial view radiograph was doneordered to differenciatedifferentiate them.
Findings
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Fracture line through the acromion process of the scapula.
If corticated margins are noted on both sided of lucency, it favours os acromiale.
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