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A 28-year-old male presents after a water skiing injury. He has noticed a swelling over the posterior axillary fold along with posterior axillary and chest wall bruising. Clinical examination reveals loss of definition of the posterior axillary fold and a positive ladder test.
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Sinha, A. (2017). Latissimus Dorsi. In: Monga, P., Funk, L. (eds) Diagnostic Clusters in Shoulder Conditions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57334-2_20
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