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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Subluxation (separation) or [[shoulder dislocation]] (now reduced) | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
*Patient holds arm close to body with unaffected hand | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 05:13, 18 February 2015
Background
- Subluxation (separation) or shoulder dislocation (now reduced)
Diagnosis
- Patient holds arm close to body with unaffected hand
Differential Diagnosis
Shoulder and Upper Arm Diagnoses
Traumatic/Acute:
- Shoulder Dislocation
- Clavicle fracture
- Humerus fracture
- Scapula fracture
- Acromioclavicular joint injury
- Glenohumeral instability
- Rotator cuff tear
- Biceps tendon rupture
- Triceps tendon rupture
- Septic joint
Nontraumatic/Chronic:
- Rotator cuff tear
- Impingement syndrome
- Calcific tendinitis
- Adhesive capsulitis
- Biceps tendinitis
- Subacromial bursitis
- Cervical radiculopathy
Refered pain & non-orthopedic causes:
- Referred pain from
- Neck
- Diaphragm (e.g. gallbladder disease)
- Brachial plexus injury
- Axillary artery thrombosis
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Subclavian steal syndrome
- Pancoast tumor
- Myocardial infarction
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary embolism
Treatment
F/U ortho
Disposition
- Outpatient