REVIEW - Disorders of the sternoclavicular joint

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J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2008 Jun;90(6):685-96.

Disorders of the sternoclavicular joint.

CM, PJ, Markham PE, Beggs I.

Edinburgh Shoulder Clinic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Old Dalkeith

Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, 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.

PMID: 18539660

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18539660

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