Posterolateral Dislocation of the Elbow With Concomitant Fracture of the Lateral Humeral Condyle

Outcome of lateral humeral condylar mass fractures in children associated with elbow dislocation or olecranon fracture

“…Murnaghan et al [14] and Rovinsky et al [16] described a Milch Type I lateral condyle fracture-dislocation, and Van Haaren et al [21] reported a paediatric posterior elbow dislocation with an associated Milch Type II lateral condyle fracture. These authors recommended stress films to aid in diagnosis.…”

“…There is a paucity of literature describing LCM fractures of the elbow in children, which occur concurrently with olecranon fracture or elbow dislocation. A few isolated case reports or small case series of five or less have reported LCM fractures in association with elbow dislocation [11,17,21] and olecranon fractures [15].…”

Complex Pediatric Elbow Injury: An Uncommon Case

“…We found only a few cases described previously in the English literature. Lateral condyle fracture has been previously described in association with posterolateral elbow dislocation [3,5] and posteromedial elbow dislocation [4,8]. Posteromedial dislocation of the elbow with associated intraarticular entrapment of the lateral epicondyle has also been documented [2].…”

“…It more frequently occurs with medial epicondyle fractures, although, it can infrequently be associated with lateral humeral condyle fracture [1-3]. The complex elbow anatomy with multiple growth centres appearing at different time period in the skeletally immature age can pose a diagnostic dilemma.…”

“…There is limited evidence available in the literature describing complex elbow fracture dislocation in the pediatric population [3-7]. This report presents a rare condition of a complex elbow injury consisting of lateral condyle fracture in association with posterolateral elbow dislocation.…”