Glenoid Dysplasia in the Recurrent Shoulder Dislocation: A Case Report

Glenoid dysplasia, which is often ignored, is a rare developmental anomaly. In most cases the patients remain asymptomatic. Although glenoid dysplasia has been diagnosed by incidentally on chest radiograph, also it has been described because of the developing instability of shoulder joint. Our young male patient who has recurrent dislocation of the shoulder-joint 4-5 times a year for last 5 years, dislocation has been reduced in the emergency department and he has been discharged from hospital with shoulder strap and rest. Finally when he admitted to our outpatient clinic with recurrent shoulder dislocation, the diagnosis of glenoid dysplasia is revealed by X-ray examination. We present the diagnose of glenoid dysplasia with clinical and radiological findings which should be kept in mind in patients with recurrent dislocations of shoulder as in our case.