Fig. 1 (a) AP radiograph depicting incarcerated medial epicondyle fracture in ulnohumeral joint. (b) Lateral radiograph also showing incarcerated fragment Assessment Clinical Presentation Patients presenting with medial epicondyle fractures tend…

General: Is behavior age-appropriate? Is gait normal and age-appropriate? What percentiles are the child’s height and weight? Skin: Does the child have axillary freckling, café au lait spots, or other…

Fig. 1 A nine-year-old female sustained a Monteggia fracture dislocation (plastic deformation of the ulna and radial head dislocation, AP-a and lateral-b). Reduction of the radial head was achieved by…

Fig. 1 Hector strikes Teucer with a jagged rock in the region of his left clavicle Fig. 2 Achilles uses his spear to strike Hector in the region of his…

Fig. 1 (a, b) Appearance of radial longitudinal deficiency. (a) A 6-month-old boy with bilateral radial longitudinal deficiency. Note associated absence of thumbs, significant radial deviation of wrist, shortened forearm,…

Classification Subheading Subgroup Category I. Failure of formation    A. Transverse arrest  1. Shoulder 2. Arm 3. Elbow 4. Forearm 5. Wrist 6. Carpal 7. Metacarpal 8. Phalanx B. Longitudinal arrest …

Fig. 1 Lateral view of the distal humerus. Note the thin bone separating the coronoid fossa (anterior) from the olecranon fossa (posterior) (Courtesy of Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia) Depending…

Fig. 1 (a) PA radiograph measuring radial inclination and (b) Lateral radiograph measuring palmar tilt Fractures of the Distal Radius Outcome Tools Distal radius fracture outcomes may be assessed clinically…

Syndrome Upper limb anomaly Commonly associated features Inheritance pattern Testing Cornelia de Lange Absent or hypoplastic ulna; oligodactyly Prenatal growth retardation, microcephaly, congenital heart disease (CHD), dysmorphic features, GU anomalies…

Fig. 1 Anteroposterior (a) and lateral (b) radiographs of the elbow demonstrating a displaced radial neck fracture (Courtesy of Joshua M. Abzug, MD) Minimally displaced radial neck fractures may be…