Hi Gail,

Want to compliment you on your crystal clear explanation!

Renate Rietveld, IBCLC
Rijswijk, The Netherlands



At 23:06 9-12-99 -0800, you wrote:
>I realize this is a  late response, but from  a distance, this "neck bump"
>sounds like torticollis (a muscle problem).
>A  broken clavicle is  felt somewhere between the  shoulder joint and where
>the neck starts.   The ones  I've felt  are  sort of like feeling gravel  or
>something "discontinuous" under the skin.  I'll bet that very slight
>fractures are  more difficult to detect.
>As the bone heals a "callus" will form - that's when you feel a "bump" under
>the skin.
>
>Gail Hertz, MD, IBCLC
>Hershey, PA
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