IOA 2022

Case Report: Intrathoracic Scapular Dislocation following Radical Surgical Chondrosarcoma Resection from Chest Wall

Youval Lotan 1 Ahmad Essa 1 Naser Haj Yaseen 2 Eran Tamir 1 Nir Golan 2 Gabriel Agar 1 Yiftah Beer 1
1Orthopedic Surgery, Shamir Medical Center, Israel
2Thoracic Surgery, Shamir Medical Center, Israel

Locked scapula or intrathoracic scapular dislocation is an extremely rare entity encountered in the emergency department, with a very few cases reported in literature.

Conservative vs surgical approach in treating intrathoracic scapular dislocation is not well defined in literature. In this case report we present a rare case of intrathoracic scapular dislocation, following multiple ribs resection due to malignant bone tumor, in which was treated by closed manipulation reduction technique