부산대학교 도서관

There are few cases in the medical literature documenting intrathoracic glenohumeral fracture-dislocations. A total of eight cases have been reported—two intrathoracic humerus dislocations with greater tuberosity fractures 1,2and six cases with intrathoracic fracture-dislocations in which the fracture involved the humeral neck. 3–8With so few cases, treatment modalities vary, and no guidelines exist. Patients in five of the reported cases underwent surgery, 1,3–6while the other three were treated nonoperatively. 2,7,8We present a case of a middle-aged woman involved in a high-speed motor vehicle accident who sustained an intrathoracic humeral head fracture-dislocation and underwent operative treatment.