[Diabolically intense axillary-scapular pain in a colleague].
We describe a middle-aged patient, in whom a rare subluxation of the costotransversal joint caused a severe axillary pain. Diagnosis was not achieved by imaging studies or electroneuromyography, but instead simply by palpation. A good treatment outcome was obtained by manipulation.
Vastamäki
Martti
M
Sairaala ORTON, 00280 Helsinki.
Lindgren
Karl-August
KA
Koho
Petteri
P
D001365:Axilla; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation / Q000379:methods*; D012540:Scapula; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*