’Cable-maker's clavicle': stress fracture of the medial clavicle

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 20 Jul 2000Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Skeletal Radiology, volume 29, pages 421-423 (issn: 0364-2348, eissn: 1432-2161,

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Authors: C R, Peebles; T, Sulkin; M A, Sampson;

doi: 10.1007/s002560000224

pmid: 10963430

’Cable-maker's clavicle': stress fracture of the medial clavicle

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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.

Related Organizations

Southampton General Hospital
United Kingdom
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom

Keywords

Male, Occupational Diseases, Fractures, Stress, Chronic Disease, Humans, Middle Aged, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Clavicle

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