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Pathologic dislocation of the shoulder secondary to septic arthritis: a case report

Farshid Bagheri, Mohamad H Ebrahimzadeh*, Seyed R Sharifi, Hossien Ahmadzadeh-Chabok, Javad Khajah-Mozaffari and Asieh S Fattahi

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Orthopedic Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Mashad University of Medical Sciences, Mashad 91766-99199, Iran

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Cases Journal 2009, 2:9131 doi:10.1186/1757-1626-2-9131

Published: 2 December 2009

Abstract

Septic arthritis of the shoulder is uncommon in adults, and complete dislocation of the glenohumeral joint following septic arthritis is extremely rare. We report a case of pathologic shoulder dislocation secondary to septic arthritis in an intravenous drug abuser.