14-year-old male adult patient with medial elbow pain

Case History

Elbow avulsion/? UCL.

Technical Factors

Long- and short-axis fat- and water-weighted images were performed.

Case Findings

With a small flake of bone involving the sublime tubercle of the coronoid process is a tear of the distal UCL. Degree of diastasis is guesstimated at 3mm. Proximal UCL and medial apophysis normal.
LCL: Normal.
Conformity: Normal.
Skeleton: Normal.
Soft Tissues: Normal.
Triceps and Biceps: Normal.
Extensors: Normal.

Case Conclusion

Distal avulsion tear of the ulnar collateral ligament as suspected and also a tiny or miniscule flake of cortical bone may have come with it.

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