A misdiagnosed potentially dangerous shoulder injury
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A misdiagnosed potentially dangerous shoulder injury.
40 year old engineer presented with a history of chronic left upper limb fatigue and pallor upon limb abduction and intermittent dysphagia. These symptoms caused significant interference with his daily life and had started after a fall onto his left shoulder during a rugby tackle nine years previously. Following the original injury he had attended an accident and emergency department where it w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.932.357