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The Forgotten Joint

AuthorRaymond Zhou, MD
Peer EditorJustine Ko, MD, CAQ-SM
Final Editor: Alex Tomesch, MD, CAQ-SM

A 51-year-old man complains of right-sided lower neck/chest pain and deformity after a trip and fall onto his right shoulder while playing basketball. The patient is otherwise asymptomatic. Examination reveals a palpable bump right of the sternum with tenderness to palpation. 

Image 1. Case courtesy of Craig Hacking, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 92310


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