CONVERGENT DISLOCATION OF THE ELBOW

Proximal radioulnar translocation is an extremely rare injury. Only se ven cases have been reported previously, The authors report the case o f a 6-year-old girl whose translocation was undiagnosed for more than 2 weeks, Definitive treatment required open reduction and use of a rad iocapitellar pin to stabilize the proximal radius, At the 2-year follo wup, the patient has no symptoms and has resumed full activity with ne arly full range of motion, To ensure early diagnosis of rare types of elbow dislocations, it is important to recognize the lack of supinatio n and disruption of the radiocapitellar relationship on radiographs.