Calcified cervical lymph nodes

Case contributed by Calum Worsley
Diagnosis probable

Presentation

Fall, shoulder pain. Suspected clavicle injury.

Patient Data

Age: 90 years
Gender: Female

Clavicle x-ray

x-ray

Comminuted, displaced fracture of the midshaft of the left clavicle. 

Calcified cervical chain lymph nodes.

Case Discussion

Incidentally identified cervical chain lymph nodes. Although other differentials for cervical chain lymphadenopathy exist, the patient had a history of TB as a child, and the appearances of these nodes had been stable for several years. 

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