A 19-year-old handball player has an anterior shoulder dislocation reduced in the emergency department. He has numbness over the lateral deltoid and

Question

A 19-year-old handball player has an anterior shoulder dislocation reduced in the emergency department. He has numbness over the lateral deltoid and weak resisted abduction. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Axillary nerve injury after anterior dislocation

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Cervical myelopathy

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Long thoracic nerve palsy

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Suprascapular neuropathy

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Radial nerve palsy

Axillary nerve injury — MRCEM SBA MCQ

A 19-year-old handball player has an anterior shoulder dislocation reduced in the emergency department. He has numbness over the lateral deltoid and weak resisted abduction. What is the most likely diagnosis?