title: Stress fracture of the clavicle in a patient with no obvious risk factors.
abstract: A 28-year-old woman presented with right shoulder pain and, after a delay, a diagnosis of clavicular stress fracture was made. The patient gave no history of repetitive abnormal loading of the upper limbs which could have assisted the diagnosis. The authors wish to raise awareness of this rare diagnosis such that it can be considered in the differential for shoulder pain of unclear origin.
authors.affiliation: Reading Shoulder Surgery Unit, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Birks
authors.forename: Lennard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Funk
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Symons
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed