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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 90-B, Issue 6, 685-696.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B6.20391  
Copyright © 2008 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Disorders of the sternoclavicular joint

C. M. Robinson, BMEdSci, FRCS Ed(Orth and Trauma), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon1; P. J. Jenkins, MRCS Ed, Specialty Registrar, Trauma and Orthopaedics1; P. E. Markham, BMedSci, MRCS Ed, Orthopaedic Registrar2; and I. Beggs, FRCR, Consultant Radiologist1

1 Edinburgh Shoulder Clinic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, UK.
2 The Royal Newcastle Centre, Lookout Road, New Lambton, New South Wales 2305, Australia.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr C. M. Robinson; e-mail: c.mike.robinson{at}ed.ac.uk

The sternoclavicular joint is vulnerable to the same disease processes as other synovial joints, the most common of which are instability from injury, osteoarthritis, infection and rheumatoid disease. Patients may also present with other conditions, which are unique to the joint, or are manifestations of a systemic disease process. The surgeon should be aware of these possibilities when assessing a patient with a painful, swollen sternoclavicular joint.




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