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Title: Post-traumatic osteochondral ''loose body'' of the olecranon fossa

Journal Article · · Radiology; (United States)
OSTI ID:5573659

Three cases of intra-articular osteochondral bodies with the olecranon fossa are reported. All patients had had severe trauma to the elbow, and in each case an osteochondral fragment, nourished by the synovial fluid, became enlarged and finally lodged within the fossa. The radiological and pathological features and presumed pathogenesis are described.

Research Organization:
UCLA School of Medicine, L.A., CA
OSTI ID:
5573659
Journal Information:
Radiology; (United States), Vol. 141:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English