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A traumatic elbow injury

Authors :
Daniel Rolton
Murtaza Kadhum
Pierre Sinclair
Source :
BMJ. :m4351
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
BMJ, 2020.

Abstract

A 4 year old boy presented with pain in his right elbow after a fall from a bicycle onto his outstretched hand. His father had noticed him lying on his arm after the fall. The patient was guarding his right elbow in a flexed and adducted position. On examination, this was a closed injury with no obvious clinical deformity, swelling, or skin changes to the elbow; distally, the radial pulse was present and the median (including anterior interosseus), radial, and ulnar nerves were intact. No other injuries were identified. Observations were normal. Lateral and anteroposterior plain radiographs were taken (fig1, fig 2). Fig 1 Anteroposterior plain radiograph of right elbow Fig 2 Lateral plain radiograph of right elbow What is the diagnosis? Supracondylar fracture of the …

Details

ISSN :
17561833
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BMJ
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....f37ee7d6600bd1be9e0ebf143659f2e1
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4351