Open AccessTraumatic elbow effusions in pediatric patients: are occult fractures the rule?
Author(s) -
Lane F. Donnelly,
T T Klostermeier,
L A Klosterman
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.171.1.9648797
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , radiography , effusion , radiology , surgery , elbow , pathology , alternative medicine
Elbow joint effusion with no fracture seen on radiographs of pediatric patients after acute trauma has become synonymous with occult fracture. This study evaluates the incidence of occult fractures in such cases as determined by findings on follow-up radiographs.