Pathologic fracture of the clavicle caused by arteriovenous malformation.
An anusual pathologic fracture of clavicle was caused in a 48-year-old woman by an arteriovenous malformation. The lesion radiologically mimicked a neoplastic process. Arteriography disclosed the vascular cause. Treatment was achieved by interrupting the feeding vessels and resecting the involved bony segment.
D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001366:Axillary Artery; D002968:Clavicle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography