Usefulness of MRI for diagnosis of painful snapping elbow.
Painful snapping of the elbows is rare. We report on a 12-year-old boy with a painful snap in both elbows. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging of the elbow using microscopy coils detected a synovial fold interposed in each humeroradial joint and was very helpful in establishing the cause of symptoms. Resection of the synovial folds was performed with subsequent relief of symptoms.
Fukase
Naomasa
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017, Kobe, Japan.
Kokubu
Takeshi
T
Fujioka
Hiroyuki
H
Iwama
Yuki
Y
Fujii
Masahiko
M
Kurosaka
Masahiro
M
D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology*