'Cable-maker's clavicle': stress fracture of the medial clavicle.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 50-year-old man presented with a non-traumatic painful swelling over the medial clavicle. Radiographs showed a poorly defined fracture and the possibility of an underlying pathology was raised. Computed tomography suggested a stress fracture. This prompted a further, more detailed occupational history to be obtained from the patient, which revealed a hitherto undescribed cause of clavicular stress fracture and obviated the need for further imaging or biopsy.
Medical subject headings
- Clavicle
- Fractures, Stress
- Occupational Diseases
Anatomy
- clavicle