A man with a raised upper arm
Van Roosmalen, J.; van der Linden, Y.; Bod-Jaspers, J.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde 159: A8279
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1876-8784 PMID: 25563783 Document Number: 682184
A 43-year-old man presented at our emergency department with a painful shoulder after a fall with his arm in abduction. Clinical presentation was typical for a luxatio erecta without evidence for neurovasculair damage. It is a rare but important diagnosis because of the high risk of plexus injury.