Clavicle fracture

Case contributed by Mohammad Osama Hussein Yonso
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fall from bicycle last night with trauma of the left shoulder and clavicle, on examination: tenderness and swelling left clavicle.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
x-ray
  • displaced fracture of the middle third of the left clavicle
  • small free bony fragment is seen

Case Discussion

A case of a diaphyseal clavicle fracture with a small wedge fragment.

In this case, coracoclavicular distance, acromioclavicular joint, and glenohumeral joint are normal.

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