Traumatic elbow hemarthrosis (CT)

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fall backwards.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Male

Intra-articular radial head fracture and hemarthrosis displacing the anterior and posterior fat pads.

Case Discussion

Nice example of how the joint fluid lifts the anterior and posterior fat pads out of the coronoid and olecranon fossae, respectively.

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