Os supratrochleare dorsale

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Os supratrochleare dorsale, also called os supratrochleare posterius is an accessory ossicle of the elbow located in the olecranon fossa of the humerus ¹. It may become symptomatic due to trauma during elbow extension and as such may require surgical removal ². ~~The differential~~

Differential diagnosis is an intra-articular loose body but

osteochondritis dissecans of the ~~treatment if symptomatic remains the same~~ ³.elbow
synovial chondromatosis
avulsion fractures
aseptic necrosis
calcific bursitis
Loose bodies following trauma or osteoarthrosis

-Os supratrochleare dorsale is an accessory <a href="/articles/middle-ear-ossicles">ossicle</a> of the <a href="/articles/elbow">elbow</a> located in the olecranon fossa of the <a href="/articles/humerus">humerus</a> 1. It may become symptomatic due to trauma during elbow extension and as such may require surgical removal 2. The differential diagnosis is an intra-articular loose body but the treatment if symptomatic remains the same 3.
+Os supratrochleare dorsale, also called os supratrochleare posterius is an <a href="/articles/accessory-ossicle-of-the-elbow">accessory ossicle of the elbow</a> located in the olecranon fossa of the <a href="/articles/humerus">humerus</a> 1. It may become symptomatic due to trauma during elbow extension and as such may require surgical removal 2.<h4>Differential diagnosis</h4><ul>
+<li><a title="osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow" href="/articles/osteochondritis-dissecans-of-the-elbow">osteochondritis dissecans of the elbow</a></li>
+<li><a title="synovial chondromatosis" href="/articles/synovial-chondromatosis">synovial chondromatosis</a></li>
+<li>avulsion fractures</li>
+<li>aseptic necrosis</li>
+<li><a title="Calcific bursitis" href="/articles/calcific-bursitis">calcific bursitis</a></li>
+<li>Loose bodies following trauma or osteoarthrosis</li>
+</ul>