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Loose body of the elbow mimicking tumor
J B Krajca-Radcliffe1, R W Nicholas, H R Shah
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
The Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
Distinguishing between calcific soft-tissue masses and intra-articular loose bodies about the elbow can be difficult. We present the case of a 59-year-old woman with a slowly enlarging soft-tissue mass about the elbow. History, physical examination, and diagnostic studies did not establish a definite diagnosis, nor did they rule out the possibility of a neoplastic process. Excisional biopsy revealed a loose body contained in a cystic mass with elbow joint communication.