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The 'upside-down' radial head: a diagnostic challenge
1Department of Orthopedics, Western Galille Medical Center, Nahariya, and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. Part B
|December 1, 2001
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.