Spontaneous displacement of olecranon fracture through geode salvaged by elbow replacement

Anuj Jaiswal (1) , Raman Thakur (1) , Jaikumar Relwani (1) , Wallace Ogufere (2)

1 William Harvey Hospital
2 Lewisham University Hospital

We present a case of pathological fracture of olecranon through a giant geode. Fracture was initially undisplaced and was treated conservatively. It later progressed to a transolecranon dislocation as a result of a pseudarthrosis at the fracture site. The patient presented 4 years later when she developed symptoms of ulnar nerve palsy. She was treated by a total elbow arthroplasty with ulnar nerve transposition. The current report highlights this unusual case and reviews the relevant literature.

Mots clés: Geode; Rheumatoid arthritis; Fracture olecranon; Elbow replacement

Anuj Jaiswal, Raman Thakur, Jaikumar Relwani, Wallace Ogufere. Spontaneous displacement of olecranon fracture through geode salvaged by elbow replacement. Rheumatology International, 2009, 30 (6), pp.785-787. ⟨10.1007/s00296-009-0984-6⟩. ⟨hal-00568293⟩