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Change: The bottom white arrow is probably pointing to a normal structure given the lack of associated soft tissue swelling. The top arrow is more convincing of a fracture.The lateral elbow image also demonstrates a radial head dislocation- the radial line does not bisect the capitellum. CommentThis case
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Change: There were only format changes (bold, italics, etc.) in this version. See this version for details.
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Change: This 66 year old lady presented to the Emergency Department after falling onto her left elbow. Her left elbow was very swollen and painful and there was evidence of crepatis. She was referred for radiography of her left elbow.This is an AP view image
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Change: This 5 year old girl presented to the Emergency Department after falling from a railing onto her left arm. Her left elbow was very swollen and painful. She was referred for radiography of her left elbow.There is a lucent line through the olecranon process indicating a fracture (white arrow).
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Change: Whilst this is the better position for demonstrating the forearm anatomy, it has the disadvantage of potential underexposure of the olecranonupper (bottomarm arrow)(as in this case).No displaced fracture is demonstrated.TheAn APaxial elbow view imagewas demonstratesperformed awhich suggests that the
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Jul 4 2009, 8:51 AM EDT
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Change: This 38 year old man presented to the Emergency Department after an unknown injury . He was found to have a painful and swollen left elbow and was referred for radiography of his left elbow.The elbow is in a true lateral position.The lateral elbow image
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Jul 4 2009, 8:37 AM EDT
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Change: This 7 year old girl Presented to the Emergency Department after falling onto her left elbow . She was examined and found to have a painful and swollen left elbow and was referred for radiography of her left elbow.The elbow is in a true lateral position.The lateral
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Jul 4 2009, 7:44 AM EDT
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Change: The elbow is overflexed. It is likely that this is the position that the patient presented with and the radiographer correctly did not change the position for the initial series. There are fractures of the olecranon and radial neck producing an unstable elbow joint.Irrespective of whether
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Jul 4 2009, 7:39 AM EDT
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Change: The radiographer thought that an axial view of the elbow would provide additional information regarding the nature of the fracture and the degree of comminution. The axial view has been executed to good effect demonstrating the fracture effectively.CommentThis case demonstrates teh potential value
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Jul 4 2009, 7:33 AM EDT
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Change: This fracture is typical of a fracture caused by a direct blow to the dorsal aspect of the forearm- usually from a fall. It is
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Jul 4 2009, 7:13 AM EDT
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Change: ---under construction---IntroductionOlecranon fractures occur in the adult and paediatric population. This page considers imaging techniques and image interpretation related to olecranon fracturesCase 1
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