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Stress injury of the acromion: case report and literature review

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We report a case of stress injury of the acromion related to golf practicing in a 40-year-old male. Fractures of the scapula are unusual, with stress injury of the acromion being even rarer. The probable mechanism would be a strong contraction of posterior fibers of the deltoid during golf swing. There are few published reports of similar injuries, and to our knowledge, this is the first to demonstrate its features by magnetic resonance imaging. A review of the literature is also presented.

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  1. Departamento de Radiologia Musculoesquelética, Hospital do Coração (HCor) and Teleimagem, São Paulo, Brazil

    Atul Kumar Taneja, Francisco Pires Negromonte & Abdalla Skaf

  2. Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Atul Kumar Taneja

  3. Alta Diagnósticos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Abdalla Skaf

  4. Teleimagem, R. Des. Eliseu Guilherme, N. 53, 7. Andar, São Paulo, SP, 04004-030, Brazil

    Atul Kumar Taneja

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Taneja, A.K., Negromonte, F.P. & Skaf, A. Stress injury of the acromion: case report and literature review. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 23 (Suppl 2), 189–192 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-013-1181-6

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