title: [Posterior shoulder dislocation--a diagnostic challenge].
abstract: A case of posterior shoulder dislocation is described. The dislocation was misinterpreted twice clinically and radiographically in two different casualty departments before it was diagnosed and treated with closed reposition in a third facility. Treatment was conservative and the arm was placed in an abduction sling for four weeks with subsequent active physiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Ortopaedkirurgisk Afdeling, Holbaek Centralsygehus, DK-4300 Holbaek. akulstrup@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anton Mitchell
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Trollegaard
mesh_terms: D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012783:Shoulder Dislocation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult