title: Sprengel deformity presenting as a post-traumatic injury in an afghan boy: a case report.
abstract: Sprengel deformity is a rare congenital anomaly that involves the shoulder joint and scapula. We treated a young Afghan boy who was presented to the German Level II Provincial Reconstructive Team in Kunduz, Afghanistan, with the complaint of a shoulder deformity evolving after an accident that occurred several years before the presentation of the patient to clinic. Physicians maximized the available resources for the diagnostic workup by arranging for his computed tomography scan at the German Level III Hospital at Mazar-e-Sharif and then reviewing the study through teleradiology. The presence of a Coalition Surgical Team allowed the delivery of advanced surgical care by combining the specialized surgical skills of three upper extremity surgeons deployed to the area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Naval Hospital Box 555191, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055-5191.
authors.forename: Katharina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pellegrin
authors.forename: Karel Albert
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Kolkman
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Waldemar Kollig
mesh_terms: D055826:Afghan Campaign 2001-; D002648:Child; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012540:Scapula / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D000070599:Shoulder Injuries; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery