Pseudarthrosis of the ulna and osteoarthritis of the elbow. A case report.
A 10-year-old boy who sustained a fracture through a cyst in the ulna later developed a pseudarthrosis. During 13 years' follow-up the characteristic short bowed forearm developed but, instead of the more usual spontaneous dislocation of the head of the radius, the patient also developed the previously unreported complication of osteoarthritis of the elbow.
D002648:Child; D004550:Elbow / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography