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Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
common elbow fracture ... sail sign or posterior ... can't make A-OK sign ... #Elbow #Humerus ... #Orthopedics #MSK
RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE 
Radial head fractures are the most common elbow fracture in adults and are
lines), fat pads (anterior ... identified but anterior ... sail sign or posterior ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #MSK
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
olecranon relative to humerus ... , neuropraxia (anterior ... can't make A-OK sign ... Posterior #Radiology #XRay ... Orthopedics #Sports #MSK
Pediatric Elbow Injuries - Elbow Xrays

Check the fat pads on the lateral projection:
1. A displaced anterior
Xrays Check ... fat pad (sail sign ... humeral line on ... #Injuries #Xrays ... peds #Pediatrics #clinical
Radial Head Elbow Fracture with displaced Fat Pads
Intra-Articular Fracture of the Elbow with displaced fat pads
The anterior fat ... apposed to the humerus ... called the “Sail sign ... #clinical #radiology ... #msk #hemarthrosis
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation: Pathogenesis, clinical, and radiographic findings

Trauma, Fall on, outstretched arm, Overhead throwing => Abduction
Pathogenesis, clinical ... on axillary x-ray ... Posterosuperior humeral ... Dislocation #Diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #msk
Hilum Overlay Sign on Chest X-Ray
If a mass is in contact with the pulmonary vessels then,
Hilum Overlay Sign ... on Chest X-Ray ... the silhouette sign ... Hilum #Overlay #Sign ... #Chest #XRay #clinical
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
BHAGL): Avulsion fracture ... GAGL): "Reverse J sign ... Ligament #shoulder #clinical ... #mri #clinical ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Sulcus Sign on Shoulder Exam

Positive Sulcus Sign on Shoulder Examination

Downward force applied at the elbow causing
Sulcus Sign on Shoulder ... Positive Sulcus Sign ... applied at the elbow ... head - A sign of ... #Sulcus #Sign #Shoulder
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
over the left anterior ... Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... on a chest x-ray ... wall, a chest x-ray