To cite: Al-ani M, Parperis K, Kelly CDB. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016214773 DESCRIPTION A 22-year-old Hispanic woman, visiting from Mexico, with a medical history significant for endstage renal disease secondary to hypoplastic kidneys on peritoneal dialysis for the past 2 years and hypertension on nifidipine 30 mg daily, losartan 50 mg dai...

retroperitoneal haematoma, but the patient did in fact have both. In most patients with haemophilia with a retroperitoneal haematoma the haematoma resolves after factor viii transfusion and in most no radiological investigations, other than plain chest and abdominal radiographs, are carried out. Splenic rupture can be difficult to diagnose clinically even in a normal person in the absence ofmas...

Dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint is an uncommon injury. The anterior displacement is well recognized but posterior displacement is much more unusual, one per 1600 cases of shoulder trauma (Rowe & Marble, 1958). Early diagnosis is important as this affects ease of reduction and awareness ofpossible damage to the great vessels in the mediastinum. We report two cases where the diagnosis w...

False-positive FDG uptake has been noted in a wide range of benign processes. In this report, we describe a case of FDG uptake in unilateral sternoclavicular synovitis which mimicked an internal mammary node in appearance. Knowledge of this potential false-positive is particularly important in breast cancer patients with a propensity of internal mammary nodal metastases.

PURPOSE To review the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis of the sternoclavicular joint in 13 patients. METHODS Records of 9 men and 4 women aged 26 to 47 (mean, 36.5) years who presented with tuberculosis of the right (n=8) or left (n=5) sternoclavicular joint were reviewed. RESULTS All 13 patients had a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate at presentation. Nine patients presented wit...