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Published in: Emergency Radiology 6/2010

01-11-2010 | Original Article

Musculoskeletal: what’s different in children? Three-year-old with sore elbow; unknown type of injury

Author: Leonard E. Swischuk

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 6/2010

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Excerpt

This 3-year-old female presented to our Emergency Room (ER) after 3 days of not wanting to use the right arm. The mother related that 3 days prior to the visit the patient was involved in some type of accident at home. She was not in the room where the accident occurred but she knew that something had happened to the patient. Actually, she thought that the problem could be a “nursemaids” elbow and she tried to reduce the elbow on the day after the suspected injury. The patient did not get better and continued to have pain for the next 2 days. There was significant decreased range of movement and so the mother decided to bring the little girl into our ER. …
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go back to reference Swischuk LE (2000) The extremities: humeral shaft and elbow, emergency imaging of the acutely ill or injured child, 4th edn. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp 320–345 Swischuk LE (2000) The extremities: humeral shaft and elbow, emergency imaging of the acutely ill or injured child, 4th edn. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp 320–345
Metadata
Title
Musculoskeletal: what’s different in children? Three-year-old with sore elbow; unknown type of injury
Author
Leonard E. Swischuk
Publication date
01-11-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Emergency Radiology / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-010-0880-0

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