Chest
December 2025
Author: R. Conner Dixon, MD, CAQ-SM
Peer Reviewer: Justine Ko, MD, CAQ-SM
Peer Reviewer: Justine Ko, MD, CAQ-SM
This image was obtained using a linear probe in a longitudinal orientation along the upper chest.
Image 1: Author’s own images and annotations
Image 2: Demonstration of the ultrasound technique for this case. Author’s own image.
A 62-year-old male presents with left shoulder/chest pain after falling and landing on the left shoulder. He has pain in the upper chest and describes a deformity. To assist with diagnosis, you opt to perform an ultrasound.
You obtain the image below. Can you identify the key structures?
Image 4: Case courtesy of Maulik S Patel, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 148352
What is your diagnosis?
This is a posterior sternoclavicular dislocation.
Image 5: Case courtesy of Maulik S Patel, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 148352, author’s own annotations