Items tagged “shoulder”
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Case
Os acromiale
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20 Oct 2010
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Pigmented villonodular synovitis
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20 Oct 2010
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Posterior shoulder dislocation
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20 Oct 2010
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Rheumatoid arthritis - distal clavicle resorption
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20 Oct 2010
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Synovial chondromatosis
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20 Oct 2010
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Plasmacytoma - proximal humerus
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01 Nov 2010
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Posterior shoulder dislocation
Posterior shoulder dislocations are far less common than anterior shoulder dislocations and can be difficult to identify if only AP projections are obtained. A high index of suspicion is helpful.
Epidemiology
Posterior shoulder dislocations account for only 2-4% of all shoulder dislocations (t...
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Normal overlap of humerus and glenoid (diagram)
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04 Nov 2010
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Diagram
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Acromion fracture
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07 Nov 2010
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Anterior shoulder dislocation
Anterior shoulder dislocation is by far the commonest type of dislocation and usually results from forced abduction, external rotation and extension 1.
Epidemiology
Broadly speaking, anterior shoulder dislocations occur in a bimodal age distribution. The first, and by far the more prevalent a...
Article
Inferior shoulder dislocation
An inferior shoulder dislocation is the least common form of shoulder dislocation. The condition is also called luxatio erecta because the arm appears to be permanently held upward, in fixed abduction. The patient will often present with their hand placed on the head or near it.
Pathology
It i...
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Posterior shoulder dislocation with reverse Hill-Sachs and reverse Bankart lesions
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29 Nov 2010
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Acromioclavicular dislocation
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16 Dec 2010
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Subcoracoid triangle sign
The subcoracoid triangle sign refers to the obliteration of the fat triangle between the coracohumeral ligament (superiorly), coracoid process / coracobrachialis (anterosuperiorly) and glenohumeral joint capsule (posteroinferiorly). It is considered a specific but not sensitive sign for adhesive...
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Hill-Sachs lesion and labral injury (ultrasound)
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27 Jan 2011
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Calcific tendinosis of infraspinatus tendon
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07 Apr 2011
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Pneumothorax on shoulder x-ray
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24 Apr 2011
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Quadrilateral space syndrome
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25 Jun 2011
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Calcific bursitis of the shoulder
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05 Jul 2011
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Cartilage interface sign
Cartilage interface sign, also referred to as double cortex sign, refers to the sonographic presence of a thin markedly hyperechoic line at the interface between the normally hypoechoic hyaline articular cartilage of the humeral head and an abnormally hypoechoic supraspinatus tendon. This arises...