Congenitally short costocoracoid ligament

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Congenitally short costocoracoid ligament

A rare thoracic malformation characterized by fixation of the scapula to the first rib by a congenitally short costocoracoid ligament leading to limited rotation or retraction of the scapula as well as rounding of the shoulders and loss of the anterior clavicular contour. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1989.

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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version March 2024

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