Case Reports
An Unusual Cause of Shoulder Pain: Undisplaced Salter-Harris Type I Fracture of the Coracoid Process
Am J Orthop. 2009 June;38(6):E101-E103
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Tendai Mwaturura, MBChB, and Russell Bourne, MBBS, FRACS (Ortho)
Dr. Mwaturura is Registrar, Department of Orthopaedics, Nambour General Hospital, Nambour, Queensland, Australia.
Dr. Bourne is Fellow in Orthopaedics, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and Consultant, Nambour General Hospital, Nambour, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract not available. Introduction provided instead.
In this case report, we describe an uncommon epiphyseal coracoid fracture, sustained while playing football, and how the patient was managed.