Acromioclavicular joint dislocation on X-ray: 5 real cases
Real, openly licensed radiographs showing acromioclavicular joint dislocation. Study what to look for, then open each case and read it yourself before revealing the answer.
What to look for
- Widened AC joint and coracoclavicular distance.
Learn: Shoulder and clavicle fractures
Quiz yourself on upper limb images
Cases
Case #119856976Upper limb · Intermediate
Case #14611118Upper limb · Intermediate
Case #12090555Upper limb · Intermediate
Case #49082159Upper limb · Intermediate
Case #14498007Upper limb · IntermediateOther upper limb diagnoses
- Calcific tendinitis
- Carpal or carpometacarpal dislocation
- Clavicle fracture
- Distal radius fracture
- Elbow dislocation
- Finger (interphalangeal) dislocation
- Finger (phalangeal) fracture
- Forearm shaft fracture (radius and ulna)
- Galeazzi fracture-dislocation
- Hill-Sachs lesion
- Humeral shaft fracture
- Metacarpal fracture
- Proximal humerus fracture
- Radial head fracture
- Rolando fracture
- Scaphoid fracture
- Shoulder (glenohumeral) dislocation
Diagnoses come from each image's documented source. Credits and licences are shown on each case and on the image credits page.