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Paediatric shoulder injury: don’t get sucked in!

Authors :
Marc Williams
Lesley Watson
Peter Kilgour
Source :
Emergency Medicine Journal. 36:77-88
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
BMJ, 2019.

Abstract

Clinical introductionA healthy 8-year-old boy presented to the ED with acute left shoulder pain. He had been playing football and his left arm was pulled by an opposition team member. He fell to the ground and landed on his left shoulder causing pain. On examination after analgesia, active and passive movement of the shoulder joint was possible in all directions but range of motion was limited by pain. There was no visible swelling or bruising throughout the shoulder girdle. A radiograph of the shoulder was obtained (figure 1).Figure 1Plain radiograph of the left shoulder.QuestionWhat radiographic finding is seen for this patient?Glenohumeral lipohaemarthrosis.Acromioclavicular joint disruption.Intra-articular gas.Intra-articular loose body.

Details

ISSN :
14720213 and 14720205
Volume :
36
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emergency Medicine Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....915590e60990cefc10a20ed950f71867
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-207987