Case: Bone & joint disease radiograph #97440077
Bone & joint disease Beginner
Read this radiograph systematically before revealing the answer. What is the main abnormality?
Image: Hellerhoff via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized and converted to WebP
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Answer: Osteochondroma (exostosis)
What to look for in osteochondroma (exostosis)
- Pedunculated exostosis with cortical continuity, pointing away from the joint.
Description by the image author (may be in another language): Atypische Exostose des Ellenbogens vom Kondylus ulnaris nach volar. Kein typischer Processus supracondylaris. Ursache unklar. Schräge Projektion bei weiteren Verletzungen.
Educational case. The diagnosis comes from the image's documented source; the "what to look for" list describes the condition in general and is not a report of this individual image.
