title: Sprengel's deformity associated with multidirectional shoulder instability.
abstract: Sprengel's deformity may be associated with absent or hypoplastic periscapular musculature, abnormalities in the cervicothoracic vertebrae or thoracic rib cage, the presence of an omovertebral bone, and limited shoulder abduction. The cases reported document multidirectional shoulder instability associated with Sprengel's deformity. Inferior glenohumeral subluxation may account for near-normal abduction in the child with congenital elevation of the scapula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hamner
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012540:Scapula / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging