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A traumatic elbow injury
- Source :
- BMJ. :m4351
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 2020.
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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 …
- Subjects :
- Male
musculoskeletal diseases
ELBOW INJURY
Humeral Fractures
Radiography
Elbow
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Radial pulse
Fractures, Bone
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Elbow Joint
Deformity
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Right elbow
Closed injury
business.industry
General Medicine
Anatomy
musculoskeletal system
Bicycling
body regions
medicine.anatomical_structure
Child, Preschool
Plain radiographs
medicine.symptom
Elbow Injuries
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17561833
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f37ee7d6600bd1be9e0ebf143659f2e1
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m4351