title: Elbow plica syndrome: presenting with elbow locking in a pediatric patient.
abstract: This case report is of a symptomatic posterior-lateral elbow plica in a child who presented with elbow locking. MR images demonstrated thickening of a posterior-lateral plica between the radius and capitellum of the elbow. Surgery confirmed a thickened and inflamed posterior-lateral plica, which was resected with subsequent improvement of the child's symptoms. This case shows the clinical importance of identifying thickening of posterior-lateral plicae in children and suggesting the diagnosis of plica syndrome, an entity that has not been previously reported in children in the radiologic literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Hee Kyung
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Kathleen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Emery
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology*