Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report

Congenital radioulnar synostosis is a rare musculoskeletal disorder of the elbow, occurring as a result of variable degree and length of the congenital fusion of the proximal radioulnar joint. Patients presents early to the hospital depending on the severity of the synostosis and its effect on elbow...

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Autores principales: Edzie, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi, Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam, Brakohiapa, Edmund Kwakye, Amankwa, Nana Ama, Raj, Amrit, Edzie, Richard Ato, Wono, Richard, Ampomaning, Ebenezer Ofori, Asemah, Abdul Raman, Quarshie, Frank
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9925852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36798072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.01.035
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author Edzie, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi
Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam
Brakohiapa, Edmund Kwakye
Amankwa, Nana Ama
Raj, Amrit
Edzie, Richard Ato
Wono, Richard
Ampomaning, Ebenezer Ofori
Asemah, Abdul Raman
Quarshie, Frank
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description Congenital radioulnar synostosis is a rare musculoskeletal disorder of the elbow, occurring as a result of variable degree and length of the congenital fusion of the proximal radioulnar joint. Patients presents early to the hospital depending on the severity of the synostosis and its effect on elbow function. It may have psychosocial effects on the affected individuals as they grow older especially when the deformity is dramatic. Treatment may be conservative, surgical (which may have a variable degree of success) and psychotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-99258522023-02-15 Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report Edzie, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam Brakohiapa, Edmund Kwakye Amankwa, Nana Ama Raj, Amrit Edzie, Richard Ato Wono, Richard Ampomaning, Ebenezer Ofori Asemah, Abdul Raman Quarshie, Frank Radiol Case Rep Case Report Congenital radioulnar synostosis is a rare musculoskeletal disorder of the elbow, occurring as a result of variable degree and length of the congenital fusion of the proximal radioulnar joint. Patients presents early to the hospital depending on the severity of the synostosis and its effect on elbow function. It may have psychosocial effects on the affected individuals as they grow older especially when the deformity is dramatic. Treatment may be conservative, surgical (which may have a variable degree of success) and psychotherapy. Elsevier 2023-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9925852/ /pubmed/36798072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.01.035 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Edzie, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi
Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam
Brakohiapa, Edmund Kwakye
Amankwa, Nana Ama
Raj, Amrit
Edzie, Richard Ato
Wono, Richard
Ampomaning, Ebenezer Ofori
Asemah, Abdul Raman
Quarshie, Frank
Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report
title Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report
title_full Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report
title_fullStr Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report
title_short Unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: A case report
title_sort unilateral congenital proximal radioulnar synostosis in a 4-year-old boy: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9925852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36798072
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2023.01.035
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