An unusual shoulder injury

An unusual shoulder injury

Traumatic pseudoaneurysm of the axillary artery is a rare sequel of shoulder injury. We report here a unique phenomenon of delayed presentation axillary pseudoaneurysm some time after an initial blunt injury, with no evidence of gross bony injury. The gentleman presented again some weeks later after a failure of rehabilitation and progressive neurological deficit in the affected arm. Ultimate m...

Self-assessment questions An unusual shoulder injury

A 23-year-old man was riding his motor bike on a wet country road. Negotiating a sharp curve the bike slipped and he landed on his outstretched left hand while the bike toppled over him, trapping the left leg underneath. On examination there was an obvious deformity of his left leg with swelling and bruising over the left shoulder along with some friction burns. Radiographs revealed a closed, d...

An uncommon shoulder injury.

A 21 year old male fell while water skiing one year before presentation. The impact with the water caused the right l arm to be forcefully hyperextended while fully elevated. Symptoms persisted for nearly a year despite a course of anti-inflammatory medication, and induded twinges of pain on reaching or elevating the arm. Early in the summer of the following year he tried to play softball, but ...

Tandem bullet injury: an unusual variant of an unusual injury.

An Unusual Complication after Shoulder Hemiarthroplasty

Hemiarthroplasty of the shoulder can be a safe and an effective treatment for pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Many complications have been previously described in the literature; the most common of which are dislocation, loosening, periprosthetic fractures, and infection. We report a patient who presented with a discharging sinus over the tip of the acromium which was created by the...