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Lateral Supracondylar Spur Process of the Humerus

The supracondylar process is a rare but commonly reported anatomical variant of the humerus. Though it is usually asymptomatic, it can lead to serious symptoms. In this report, a lateral supracondylar process of the humerus was found. This is much rarer than a medial supracondylar process, and to ou...

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Autores principales: Bhatnagar, Somya, Iwanaga, Joe, Dumont, Aaron S, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8009452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33815966
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13514
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description The supracondylar process is a rare but commonly reported anatomical variant of the humerus. Though it is usually asymptomatic, it can lead to serious symptoms. In this report, a lateral supracondylar process of the humerus was found. This is much rarer than a medial supracondylar process, and to our knowledge, it has not been reported previously. Surgeons and radiologists must account for supracondylar process variations to diagnose neurovascular pathology in the forearm accurately and quickly to optimize surgical outcomes. Here, we describe the origin and clinical importance of the supracondylar process variant.
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spelling pubmed-80094522021-04-01 Lateral Supracondylar Spur Process of the Humerus Bhatnagar, Somya Iwanaga, Joe Dumont, Aaron S Tubbs, R. Shane Cureus Orthopedics The supracondylar process is a rare but commonly reported anatomical variant of the humerus. Though it is usually asymptomatic, it can lead to serious symptoms. In this report, a lateral supracondylar process of the humerus was found. This is much rarer than a medial supracondylar process, and to our knowledge, it has not been reported previously. Surgeons and radiologists must account for supracondylar process variations to diagnose neurovascular pathology in the forearm accurately and quickly to optimize surgical outcomes. Here, we describe the origin and clinical importance of the supracondylar process variant. Cureus 2021-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8009452/ /pubmed/33815966 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13514 Text en Copyright © 2021, Bhatnagar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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 author and source are credited.
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title_short Lateral Supracondylar Spur Process of the Humerus
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