Foreign body arthroscopically retrieved from the elbow.
A patient was found to have a tea-cup-handle fragment in her elbow joint. The fragment was removed arthroscopically. Interestingly, the patient was unaware of its presence and was asymptomatic for > 29 years.
Cameron
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Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431.
Travis
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Kruse
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D001182:Arthroscopy; D004550:Elbow; D004551:Elbow Joint; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography