title: Supracondylar process of the humerus.
abstract: Four cases of supracondylar process of the humerus in three patients are presented. The main features of a supracondylar process as compared with an osteochondroma are reviewed. The three patients had pain and one had signs indicating median nerve compression. One had a supracondylar process together with an osteochondroma in the contralateral supracondylar region. One patient with a bilateral supracondylar process refused an operation. The other two patients underwent surgical treatment. The symptoms disappeared in the two patients who were operated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Dicle, Diyarbakir, Turkey. msubasi@dicle.edu.tr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Subasi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kesemenli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Necmioglu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kapukaya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demirtas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008475:Median Nerve; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography