A 3-year-old is brought to the clinic complaining of a painful right elbow. He is holding his right arm slightly flexed and pronated and refuses to move it
The mother states that symptoms started right after his older brother had been swinging him around by his arms. This presentation sup-ports a diagnosis of: a. radial head subluxation.
b. femoral anteversion.
c. carpal tunnel syndrome.
d. osteomyelitis.
A
The symptoms this child is experiencing are indicative of a radial head subluxation, or nursema-id's elbow.
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