Sprengel's deformity

Sprengel's deformity
Spreng·el's deformity 'shpreŋ-əlz- n a congenital elevation of the scapula
Sprengel Otto Gerhard Karl (1852-1915)
German surgeon. Sprengel described a congenital elevation of the scapula in 1891.

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a congenital abnormality of the scapula (shoulder blade), which is small and positioned high in the shoulder. It is caused by failure of the normal development and descent of this bone.
O. G. K. Sprengel (1852-1915), German surgeon

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