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A1 Combourieu, Benoit
A1 Thevenin-Lemoine, Camille
A1 Abelin-Genevois, Kariman
A1 Mary, Pierre
A1 Damsin, Jean-Paul
A1 Vialle, Raphaël
T1 Pediatric Elbow Dislocation Associated with Proximal Radioulnar TranslocationA Report of Three Cases and a Review of the Literature
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2010
FD July 21
VO 92
IS 8
SP 1780
OP 1785
DO 10.2106/JBJS.I.01694
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.01694
AB 
Elbow dislocation is uncommon in children1-3, accounting for <3% of elbow injuries. Since 1979, when MacSween4 was the first, as far as we know, to describe the case of a patient with proximal radioulnar translocation, also known as convergent elbow dislocation, twelve cases of this very uncommon elbow dislocation4-16 have been reported in children. Initial failure to recognize the true nature of the lesion is characteristic8-11,14. With misdiagnosis, delayed treatment may lead to a poor functional result8. We report the cases of three children with proximal radioulnar dislocation and suggest a pathophysiologic mechanism of injury for this rare condition. The parents of the patients were informed that data concerning the case would be submitted for publication, and they consented.