Pathology - Shoulder Girdle

Question 1

Hill-Sachs Defect

Answer 1

A compression fracture or defect involving the artciular surface of the humeral head.

Often associated with shoulder trauma and/or anterior dislocations of the shoulder

Question 1

Impacted Fracture

Answer 1

A bony fragment is wedged into another fragment.

Common in shoulder and hip fractures

Question 2

Articular Fracture

Answer 2

Involving the joint surface

Question 3

Pathologic Fracture

Answer 3

Fracture due to bone destruction caused by disease.

Cancer is the primary cause. The fracture may not be caused by trauma, but by routine activities

Question 4

Fracture Dislocation

Answer 4

A fracture accompanied by a bone out of a joint

Question 5

AC Dislocation

Answer 5

Distal clavicle is usually displaced superiorly causing widening of the AC joint space

Question 6

Rotator Cuff Tear

Answer 6

Traumatic injury to one or more of the muscles that make up the rotator cuff

Question 7

Tendonitis

Answer 7

Inflammatory condition of the tendon

Question 8

Bursitis

Answer 8

Inflammation of the bursa or fluid-filled sacs enclosing the joints

Question 9

Dislocation/Luxation

Answer 9

Dislocation of a bone from a joint

Question 10

Subluxation

Answer 10

Partial dislocation