Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture

We present an interesting and unusual case of an acutely calcified pin-site infection hematoma mimicking a displaced cartilaginous medial epicondyle, in a child with a Gartland type III fracture. The treatment of such pathology could be confusing and may interfere with the correct clinical decision-...

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Autores principales: Majed, Addie, Thomas, Joanna, Ahrens, Philip
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20661398
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6042.57933
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author Majed, Addie
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description We present an interesting and unusual case of an acutely calcified pin-site infection hematoma mimicking a displaced cartilaginous medial epicondyle, in a child with a Gartland type III fracture. The treatment of such pathology could be confusing and may interfere with the correct clinical decision-making process. To our knowledge, this is the first presentation of such a case.
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spelling pubmed-29045392010-07-26 Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture Majed, Addie Thomas, Joanna Ahrens, Philip Int J Shoulder Surg Case Report We present an interesting and unusual case of an acutely calcified pin-site infection hematoma mimicking a displaced cartilaginous medial epicondyle, in a child with a Gartland type III fracture. The treatment of such pathology could be confusing and may interfere with the correct clinical decision-making process. To our knowledge, this is the first presentation of such a case. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2904539/ /pubmed/20661398 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6042.57933 Text en © International Journal of Shoulder Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture
title Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture
title_full Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture
title_fullStr Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture
title_full_unstemmed Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture
title_short Acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture
title_sort acutely calcified hematoma mimicking a displaced medial epicondyle fracture
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20661398
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-6042.57933
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