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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
[[File:Gray329.png|thumb|Left elbow-joint with anterior and ulnar collateral ligaments]] | [[File:Gray329.png|thumb|Left elbow-joint with anterior and ulnar collateral ligaments]] | ||
[[File:Gray526.png|thumb|Arteries of the elbow]] | |||
==Evaluation== | ==Evaluation== | ||
Revision as of 21:38, 16 June 2020
Background
Evaluation
Differential Diagnosis
Elbow Diagnoses
Radiograph-Positive
- Distal humerus fracture
- Radial head fracture
- Capitellum fracture
- Olecranon fracture
- Elbow dislocation
Radiograph-Negative
- Biceps tendon rupture/dislocation
- Lateral epicondylitis
- Medial epicondylitis
- Olecranon bursitis (nonseptic)
- Pronator teres syndrome
- Septic bursitis
Pediatric
- Nursemaid's elbow
- Supracondylar fracture
- Lateral epicondyle fracture
- Medial epicondyle fracture
- Olecranon fracture
- Radial head fracture
- Salter-Harris fractures