While most sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) dislocations can be managed non-operatively with closed reduction, persistent or recurrent instability associated with pain or inability to work necessitates operative management [1]. Non-operative management has further been shown to result in symptomatic degenerative changes in the SCJ [2]. Reconstruction is generally indicated in the setting of symptom...

Seventeen patients with shoulder pain and radiographic involvement of the sternoclavicular or sternocostal joints, or both, are described. Eleven of these patients also had palmoplantar pustulosis. Histological examination of the joints showed chronic and subacute inflammation, increased osteoblastic activity, and cartilage degeneration. Propionibacterium acnes was cultured in tissue samples fr...

Posterior sternoclavicular joint injuries are increasingly diagnosed in children and young adults. Most of these injuries are the result of indirect mechanisms, typically lateral compression, with a posterior-to-anterior force applied to the shoulder during sports. Less frequently, these injuries are caused by direct impact on the medial clavicle, which can occur in rollover motor vehicle accid...

INTRODUCTION Septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint is rare, comprising approximately 0.5% to 1% of all joint infections. Predisposing causes include immunocompromising diseases such as diabetes, HIV infection, renal failure and intravenous drug abuse. CASE PRESENTATION We report a rare case of bilateral sternoclavicular joint septic arthritis in an elderly patient secondary to an ind...

Objective: The study aimed to assess the sternum's morphology and morphometry, find anomalies diseases using breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
 Materials Methods: Retrospective evaluations of 320 MRIs were conducted. Congenital abnormalities accompanying pathological conditions investigated. sternum overall’s length, manubrium-corpus’ width manubrium-corpus-xiphoid’s shape all measu...

CT scan, and angiography if any involvement of the vessels is suspected. Stable closed reduction of a posterior sternoclavicular dislocation can be done successfully using the method described in our case. A towel clip to grip the clavicle medially has been found to be helpful. Open reduction may be necessary with repair or fixation by one of various methods described.2 7 Transfixion with K wir...

Most infections by group B streptococcus of the Lancefield classification (Streptococcus agalactiae), were reported in pregnant women or during the puerperal period, as well as in neonates. During the past three decades there have been reports of increasingly invasive infections in adults unrelated to pregnancy, although arthritis and osteomyelitis are still very rare. In this article, we descr...