Tossed on the horn of humerus: a legal case report.
Radiological cases constituted 2% of the total number of legal cases in Sweden during 1996. The young man in this report accused a radiologist of having missed a fracture 7 years earlier based on a new radiology examination and report. In reality the latter report was incorrect and the patient had a rare exostosis that explained the clinical signs and symptoms. The alleged fracture was an epiphyseal line to a non-unified ossification centre at the tip of the unique exostosis.
Finnbogason
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Department of Radiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ringertz
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D000293:Adolescent; D005096:Exostoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D007345:Insurance Claim Review / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011859:Radiography; D012784:Shoulder Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*