Case study :Gradually worsening elbow pain
A 51-year-old woman is sent from urgent care to the emergency department with pain in the left elbow that has gradually worsened over the past 12 hours. She denies injury, fever, or other symptoms and has never experienced pain in her elbow previously. The patient is afebrile and vital signs are normal. Severe pain is noted with elbow flexion, but no swelling is identified. The area of the olecranon is quite tender and slightly warm. No appreciable redness or fluid collection is noted. Complete blood cell count is normal. Soft tissue ultrasound is normal with no evidence of joint effusion. Radiograph of the left elbow is obtained (Figure). Initial diagnostic considerations include infection, pseudogout, or trauma without recall. Upon close examination : what does the radiograph shows?
This is the case of calcific tendinitis bcoz of pt says that severe and sudden joint pain without trauma and this type of sign occurs in mainly in female of age 30-60yrs.here radiograph shows calcification of triceps tendon at olecranon.