Non-traumatic lesions of clavicle – A pictorial essay

Kakarla S

Pdf Page Numbers :- 170-179

Subbarao Kakarla^1,2,*

¹KIMS Foundation and Research Centre, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, Telangana, India

²Kakarla Subba Rao Radiological and Imaging Educational Sciences Trust (KREST), ShaikpetNala, Hyderabad - 500008, Telangana, India

*Corresponding author: Prof. Kakarla Subbarao, MS, D.Sc. (HON), FRCR, FACR, FICP, FSASMA, FCCP, FICR, FCGP, Chairman - KREST, 8-1-300/2, ShaikpetNala, Hyderabad, 500008, Telangana, India. Email: subbaraokakarla25@gmail.com

Received 5 August 2020; Revised 10 September 2020; Accepted 17 September 2020; Published 23 September 2020

Citation: Kakarla S. Non-traumatic lesions of clavicle – A pictorial essay. J Med Sci Res. 2020; 8(4):170-179. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2020/8-23

Copyright: © 2020 Kakarla S. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to illustrate the various pathological lesions encountered in clavicle other than traumatic. Clavicle is not a common structure for investigation, except when trauma is suspected. However, whenever a pathological lesion is to be studied, conventional radiology is the first modality to adopt. There are no standard radiographic techniques to study the clavicle. Often it is seen on a conventional chest radiograph. Many systemic disorders reflect on clavicles. Cross sectional imaging helps very little except in neoplastic conditions. The imaging appearances are described in most of the lesions that are found in clavicle.

Keywords: clavicle; benign tumors; malignant tumors; tumor like lesions