title: [A woman with a painful swelling of the upper arm].
abstract: A 81-year-old woman presented at the emergency department with a painful right arm due to a comminuted fracture of the humeral head. Operation was postponed because of a wound and vulnerable skin due to a large hematoma. By the time of the operation, the humeral head had migrated subcutaneously which resulted in a solid swelling of the upper arm.
authors.affiliation: Rijnland Ziekenhuis, afd. Orthopedie, Leiderdorp, the Netherlands. m.morssinkhof@rijnland.nl
authors.forename: Marjolein L A
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Morssinkhof
authors.forename: Cornelis  P J
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Visser
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D058430:Humeral Head / Q000293:injuries*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology