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From: What's in a name? Upper extremity fracture eponyms (Part 1)

Fig. 1

Hill-Sachs impaction fracture. a AP left shoulder radiograph, with anterior inferior humeral head dislocation. Internal rotation positioning. The superolateral humeral head is impacted and lodged on the inferior osseous glenoid (arrowheads). b Coronal CT confirmed pronounced Hill-Sachs fracture (arrow). Although more substantial than commonly seen, this Hill-Sachs illustrates the mechanism and imaging findings. Subtle Hill-Sachs fractures may be a subtle trough, rather than angular fracture seen here

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