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RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE ... Radial head fractures ... posterior) and bone ... head fracture! ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Radial Head Elbow Fracture with displaced Fat Pads
Intra-Articular Fracture of the Elbow with displaced fat pads
Radial Head Elbow ... apposed to the humerus ... #Head #Elbow #Fracture ... #trauma #clinical ... #radiology #msk
Jerk Test for Glenohumeral Joint Posteroinferior Instability

The arm is held at 90 degrees abduction and internal
axial load to the elbow ... /clunk as the humeral ... head slides off ... #Instability #clinical ... physicalexam #shoulder #msk
Pediatric Elbow Injuries - Elbow Xrays

Check the fat pads on the lateral projection:
1. A displaced anterior
Not all joint effusions ... cortex of the humerus ... head and neck should ... head dislocation ... peds #Pediatrics #clinical
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
dislocated major joint ... olecranon relative to humerus ... head > coronoid ... head fracture + ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Hill Sachs Lesion of the posterior humeral head on Ultrasound

 A Hill–Sachs lesion, or Hill–Sachs fracture,
head on Ultrasound ... or Hill–Sachs fracture ... - MSK ultrasound ... #Ultrasound #MSK ... #Sports #Clinical
Talus Fracture on POCUS
Athlete with hard landing on one foot, pain and tenderness over dorsum of
Talus Fracture on ... hard landing on one ... to tibiotalar joint ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #MSK
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
common elbow fracture ... posterior) and bone ... head (age 3), internal ... #Elbow #Humerus ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Humeral Head Growth Plate on POCUS

The humeral head is sitting in the glenoid without anterior or
Humeral Head Growth ... The humeral head ... mistaken for a fracture ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #MSK #Ultrasound
Septic arthritis of the elbow on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

66M w painful, swollen R elbow
Ultrasound (POCUS ... thickening and joint ... epicondyle and the radial ... head. ... #Joint #Clinical