Change: Note the associated soft tissue swelling. The left elbow is shown for comparison.The right elbow exhibited excessive valgus movement.The patient was taken to the operating theatre where two K-wires were inserted into the medial epicondyle...back to the Wikiradiography home page...back to the Applied Radiography home page   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 863)

Change: LeagersLeaguer's Elbow. A significant diagnostic clue to this avulsion will be the associated medial soft tissue swelling.The danger with stage III avulsions is that the avulsed fragment can end up positioned within the elbow joint thus mimicking the trochlea. This is where the CRITOL rule becomes invaluable.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 791)

Change: This 14 year old boy fell off a trampoline onto an outstretched left hand. The left elbow was painful and deformed. He was referred for   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 750)

Change: of the elbow joint. Note also the increased ditsance between the ulna and the trochlea (compare with the post-fixation images below)Post fixation images demonstrate the medial epicondyle relocated and fixed with a screw....back to the Wikiradiography home page...back to the Applied Radiography home page   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 690)

Change: . The normal elbow already has a valgus positioning. When a child falls on the outstretched arm, this can lead to extreme valgus. When the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 640)

Change: Between the ages of 5 and 20 the centre of ossification of the medial epicondyle is a separate piece of bone. The flexor muscles of   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 422)

Change: I--- under construction---Mechanism of InjurySeparation (avulsion) of the medial epicondylar apophysis occurs in trauma or "... in child and adolescent athletes as a result of a single very strenuous throwing effort or as a result of repeated throwing motions that require valgus force at the elbow". (Robert.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 293)

Change: The danger with stage III avulsions is that the avulsed fragment can end up positioned within the elbow joint thuis mimicking the trochlea. This is where the CRITOL rule becomes invaluable.Case 1This 14 year old girl fell onto an outstretched   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 258)

Change:  Textbook. of Disorders and Injuries of the Musculoskeletal System. 3rd Ed, 1999, p344)Stages of Medial Epicondyle Apophyseal Injurybased on Swischuk, Leonard E. Emergency Radiology of the Acutely Ill or Injured, Child Williams & Wilkins; 2nd edition, January 1986 Case 1This 14 year old   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 173)

Change: Stages of Medial Epicondyle Apophyseal InjuryCase 1This 14 year old girl fell onto an outstretched left hand and reported that she thought her left elbow had "popped out". The left elbow was painful and deformed. She was referred for elbow radiography.The radius and ulna   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 95)