title: 'Cable-maker's clavicle': stress fracture of the medial clavicle.
abstract: A 50-year-old man presented with a non-traumatic painful swelling over the medial clavicle. Radiographs showed a poorly defined fracture and the possibility of an underlying pathology was raised. Computed tomography suggested a stress fracture. This prompted a further, more detailed occupational history to be obtained from the patient, which revealed a hitherto undescribed cause of clavicular stress fracture and obviated the need for further imaging or biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Radiology, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Peebles
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sulkin
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sampson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D002968:Clavicle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed