Foreign body in elbow

Case contributed by Francisco García-Navas
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Elbow pain since a fall from bicycle six months earlier.

x-ray

Radiopaque foreign body inferior to the olecranon process, superficial to the proximal ulna. 

Post surgery

x-ray

No abnormality. 

Case Discussion

The foreign body was removed at surgery and turned out to be a stone. 

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