"Drooping shoulder"--nontraumatic causes of glenohumeral subluxation.
Nontraumatic glenohumeral subluxation can occur in patients with hemiplegia or brachial plexus involvement by tumor. Two cases of inferior subluxation of the humeral head are presented and nontraumatic etiologies of the "drooping shoulder" are discussed.
D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000503:physiopathology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010178:Pancoast Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology