The 'upside-down' radial head: a diagnostic challenge.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The author describes a rare, traumatic dislocation of the radial head in an 8 year old girl. Only four similar cases were found in the literature. The danger of misdiagnosis and the life-long disability can be avoided by careful examination of the post-reduction radiograph.
Medical subject headings
- Radius Fractures
Anatomy
- radius