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Anuj Jaiswal1, Raman Thakur, Jaikumar Relwani
1William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent, TN24 0LY, UK. anujdr@gmail.com
Abstract:
We present a case of pathological fracture of olecranon through a giant geode. Fracture was initially undisplaced and was treated conservatively. It later progressed to a transolecranon dislocation as a result of a pseudarthrosis at the fracture site. The patient presented 4 years later when she developed symptoms of ulnar nerve palsy. She was treated by a total elbow arthroplasty with ulnar nerve transposition. The current report highlights this unusual case and reviews the relevant literature.
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