An Unrecognised Case of a Scapula Fracture Sustained through an Unusual Indirect Mechanism

Scapula fractures following low-velocity injuries are extremely rare but can be a missed associated fracture of other upper limb injuries. We describe the case of a patient who sustained a fracture of the scapula through an unusual and hitherto unreported indirect mechanism. The injury was associate...

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Autores principales: Wu, Feiran, Rajpura, Asim, Shahid, Mohammad, Sandher, Dilraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3800673/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24187638
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/848953
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author Wu, Feiran
Rajpura, Asim
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Sandher, Dilraj
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description Scapula fractures following low-velocity injuries are extremely rare but can be a missed associated fracture of other upper limb injuries. We describe the case of a patient who sustained a fracture of the scapula through an unusual and hitherto unreported indirect mechanism. The injury was associated with a radial head fracture and initially missed on presentation. This case highlights the need for increased vigilance when diagnosing injuries with unusual mechanisms.
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spelling pubmed-38006732013-11-03 An Unrecognised Case of a Scapula Fracture Sustained through an Unusual Indirect Mechanism Wu, Feiran Rajpura, Asim Shahid, Mohammad Sandher, Dilraj Case Rep Orthop Case Report Scapula fractures following low-velocity injuries are extremely rare but can be a missed associated fracture of other upper limb injuries. We describe the case of a patient who sustained a fracture of the scapula through an unusual and hitherto unreported indirect mechanism. The injury was associated with a radial head fracture and initially missed on presentation. This case highlights the need for increased vigilance when diagnosing injuries with unusual mechanisms. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC3800673/ /pubmed/24187638 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/848953 Text en Copyright © 2013 Feiran Wu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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