Painful snapping elbow in patients with congenital radioulnar synostosis: report of two cases.
Two patients with congenital radioulnar synostosis presented with painful snapping on elbow motion in one case and locking of the elbow joint in the other. Elbow arthroscopy revealed the presence of tight fibrous tissue trapping the radial head. Arthroscopic removal of this tight fibrous tissue resulted in painless joint motion without recurrence of snapping or locking.
Shinohara
Takaaki
T
Department of Hand Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. hand_surgery1966@yahoo.co.jp
Horii
Emiko
E
Tatebe
Masahiro
M
Yamamoto
Michiro
M
Okui
Nobuyuki
N
Hirata
Hitoshi
H
D000293:Adolescent; D001182:Arthroscopy; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013580:Synostosis; D014457:Ulna / Q000002:abnormalities*; D055815:Young Adult