winging of scapula

A term referring to a clinical finding characterised by lifting of the medial border of the scapula, which has been likened to an angel’s wing. It is seen when the arm is abducted, and is typical of limb-girdle dystrophy, and due to paralysis of the long thoracic nerve—5th, 6th, 7th nerve roots; it also occurs in wrinkly skin syndrome and in heavy manual labour, especially in those who carry heavy, sharp objects on the shoulders, which causes the so-called ‘hod carrier’s palsy’

winging of scapula

Neurology A clinical finding characterized by scapular lifting, likened to an angel's wing; it is seen when the arm is abducted, is typical of limb-girdle dystrophy, and due to paralysis of the long thoracic nerve–5th, 6th, 7th nerve roots; it also occurs in wrinkly skin syndrome and in heavy manual labor, especially in those who carry heavy, sharp objects on the shoulders, which causes the so-called 'hod carrier's palsy'.
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Most of the osteochondroma of the scapula are asymptomatic but carries an inherent risk of malignant transformation as with the osteochondromas of flat bone, and winging of scapula. Here we report a large osteochondroma arising from the medial border of the right scapula in a young adult male with a large sessile extension over the dorsal surface beneath the infrascapular muscle and associated with pain and winging.
Osteochondroma of the inferio-medial border of scapula: a rare site for osteochondroma

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