TY - JOUR
T1 - Painful os acromiale presenting as septic shoulder.
AU - Kapadia, Nirav S.
AU - Demetracopoulos, Constantine A.
AU - Fayad, Laura M.
AU - McFarland, Edward G.
AU - Millin, Michael
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - The unfused acromial apophysis of an os acromiale typically is an undetected orthopedic anomaly with minimal symptoms. In some instances, however, pain and disability can result from motion between the unfused bone fragments. Trauma to the acromion can similarly displace the unfused os acromiale or can result in chronic symptoms of pain and swelling. In this article, we report the case of a young man who had a fractured os acromiale secondary to trauma and presented with the signs and symptoms of a septic glenohumeral joint.
AB - The unfused acromial apophysis of an os acromiale typically is an undetected orthopedic anomaly with minimal symptoms. In some instances, however, pain and disability can result from motion between the unfused bone fragments. Trauma to the acromion can similarly displace the unfused os acromiale or can result in chronic symptoms of pain and swelling. In this article, we report the case of a young man who had a fractured os acromiale secondary to trauma and presented with the signs and symptoms of a septic glenohumeral joint.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 22263203
AN - SCOPUS:84862265857
SN - 1078-4519
VL - 40
SP - E202-204
JO - American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
JF - American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
IS - 10
ER -