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elbow fracture

  • child: supracondylar fracture of humerus
  • adult: radial head fracture

fat pads

  • anterior seen normally, displaced proximally by effusion
  • POSTERIOR ==> elbow jt effusion

radiologic lines
  • anterior humeral line: should pass thru capitellum
  • radio-capitellar line: should bisect radius + capitellum

see also:

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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