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01-09-2015 | Shoulder

Deltoid muscle injury scratched by an osteophyte on the greater tuberosity of the humeral head: an unusual cause of shoulder pain

Authors: Dong-Ik Song, Jong-Hoon Park, Tae-Wan Jung, Jin-Ho Jeon, Woong-Kyo Jeong

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 9/2015

Abstract

Few reports to date have discussed acute deltoid muscle injury, including partial or complete deltoid muscle detachment from its origin. The present report describes a different pathomechanism and clinical manifestations of deltoid muscle injury. A 52-year-old man experienced acute severe pain in the right shoulder as a result of abrupt elevation of the arm. The deltoid muscle had apparently been scratched by an osteophyte on the greater tuberosity. After arthroscopic excision of the osteophyte, the symptoms resolved completely.

Level of evidence Case report with no comparison group, Level IV.

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Title: Deltoid muscle injury scratched by an osteophyte on the greater tuberosity of the humeral head: an unusual cause of shoulder pain
Authors: Dong-Ik Song
Jong-Hoon Park
Tae-Wan Jung
Jin-Ho Jeon
Woong-Kyo Jeong
Publication date: 01-09-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-014-3120-4

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Deltoid muscle injury scratched by an osteophyte on the greater tuberosity of the humeral head: an unusual cause of shoulder pain

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