Elbow ganglion arising from medial epicondyle pseudarthrosis. |
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Authors: | Harvey Chim Andrew K T Yam Lam-Chuan Teoh |
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Affiliation: | Department of Hand Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 169608, Singapore. harveychim@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: | We present a patient with an asymptomatic painless medial elbow swelling of one year's duration, which was diagnosed as a ganglion originating from a non-united avulsion fracture of the medial epicondyle with a pseudarthrosis. Medial elbow ganglia are unusual lesions typically arising from the medial aspect of the ulnohumeral joint capsule, often in combination with symptoms of cubital tunnel syndrome. To our knowledge, a ganglion arising from a pseudarthrosis has not been reported in the literature, and should be considered in the differential diagnoses of lesions encountered over the site of fracture non-union in proximity to a joint. |
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