Tuesday, September 22, 2009

X-ray of the day: Elbow trauma

Traumatic hemarthrosis of the elbow joint, the fat pad sign. A joint effusion displaces the ventral as well as the dorsal fat pad (white arrowhead).

A fracture of the radial head, Salter Harris type II (white arrow), is seen.

A normal ossification centre of the olecranon is present.