The elbow radiograph checklist is just one of the many pathology checklists that can be used when reporting to ensure that you always actively exclude pathology that is commonly missed; this is particularly helpful in the examination setting, e.g. the FRCR 2B rapid-reporting.
Radiograph
Elbow radiographs in an exam setting will have been primarily performed because of a history of trauma and/ or pain.
Alignment
Elbow joint /capsule
- effusion
- lipohemarthrosis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- osteoarthritis
- hemophilic arthropathy
- pseudogout
- elbow ossification centers
- secondary osteochondromatosis
Distal humerus
- panner disease
- osteochondritis dissecans
- supracondylar fracture
- supracondylar spur
- osteochondroma
- melorheostosis
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