Avulsion fracture of the coracoid process: a case report

Asbury, S; Tennent, T.D.

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2004.11.002

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“…In shoulder dislocation, the dislocated head may directly hit the coracoid or it may forcefully push the coraco-acromial ligament which may avulse it. Some unexplained mechanism is also reported like in throwing a cricket ball [7].…”

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Coracoid Process Fracture: A Report of Two Cases and Brief Review of Literature

Gogoi¹,

Dutta²,

Das³

et al. 2013

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Coracoid process of Scapula fracture is not a common entity. Because of its deep anatomic location, they hardly sustain any direct traumatic force. Most of the time, they get fractured by indirect force by the muscles and ligaments attached to them. They are usually associated with fracture of the acromion process of Scapula, acromio-clavicular dislocation and proximal humerus fracture or dislocation of the shoulder joint. They may be missed because more attention is drawn by the obvious injuries. We report two cases of coracoid process fracture, one is associated with fracture dislocation of the shoulder and the other with acromion process fracture.

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Coracoid Process Fracture: A Report of Two Cases and Brief Review of Literature

Gogoi¹,

Dutta²,

Das³

et al. 2013

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“…The mechanism of injury to the coracoid is usually trauma, usually as a result of road traffic accident or with direct impact onto the shoulder girdle [3], although there has been one report of an avulsion-type fracture [10]. A large force appears to be required as can be inferred from the range and frequency of associated injuries.…”

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Traumatic Isolated Coracoid Fractures in the Adolescent

Chitre

Divecha

Hakimi

et al. 2012

Case Reports in Orthopedics

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Coracoid fractures are rare injuries in themselves. Even rarer are isolated fractures of the coracoid in the skeletally immature patient. Due to the low numbers of these fractures, there is no true consensus on how to treat them. We report two cases of an isolated fracture of the coracoid. Case A is a 13-year-old boy who sustained the coracoid fracture following a skiing injury; case B is a 15-year-old boy who fell onto the right shoulder during a wheelbarrow race at school. Initial radiographs in case A suggested a displaced fracture; however, a CT scan taken after a short period of conservative treatment showed minimal displacement. In case B both the radiographs and CT scan showed no displacement. Both injuries were treated conservatively and united uneventfully with a full return to function. We advocate conservative management for these injuries in the skeletally immature patient.

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“…The epiphyseal plate at the point of attachment to the conjoined tendon is assumed to be weaker than after closure [7]. Furthermore, the specific biomechanical forces encountered in flying rings (more forceful muscle contraction in the coracobrachialis than in the short head of biceps brachii) may have developed to the conjoint tendon, consequently generating epiphyseal fracture at the origin of the conjoined tendon in the unique pattern of injury described above.…”

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Epiphyseal Fracture of the Coracoid Process Occurring at the Conjoined Tendon Origin

Nakama

Gotoh

Mitsui

et al. 2011

Case Reports in Orthopedics

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Fracture of the coracoid process is uncommon, and most previous studies have reported this fracture occurring in association with direct trauma to the shoulder or transmission of force from the upper arm or elbow (Ada and Miller 1991, Benton and Nelson 1971, Eyres et al. 1995). We present a case in which epiphyseal fracture occurred at the origin of the conjoined tendon following excessive muscle contraction. We believe this represents the first description of such a method of injury.

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Avulsion fracture of the coracoid process: a case report

Cited by 20 publications

References 5 publications

Coracoid Process Fracture: A Report of Two Cases and Brief Review of Literature

Coracoid Process Fracture: A Report of Two Cases and Brief Review of Literature

Traumatic Isolated Coracoid Fractures in the Adolescent

Epiphyseal Fracture of the Coracoid Process Occurring at the Conjoined Tendon Origin

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