Upward Dislocation Of The Acromial End Of The Clavicle

Illustration from 'Atlas and Epitome of Traumatic Fractures and Dislocations' (by Dr. H. Helferich), 1902. Fig 1 The abnormal prominence of the clavicle is very conspicuous. To the outer side and below we see the normal rotundity of the shoulder with the acromial. The dislocation is seen even more plainly in the posterior view. shown in figure 1 b The line of the spine of the scapula is directed toward the acromion. The right shoulder is nearer the median line than the left because the bracing action of the clavicle is lost. The right axillary space is contracted. Fig 1 a shows an anterior view of the dislocation in the skeleton Author's specimens.. (Photo by VintageMedStock/Getty Images)