Additionally, radial head dislocation should be distinguished from a 'pulled elbow​' with represents radial head subluxation and reduces spontaneously or with ...×ArticlesLogInCasesSignUpCoursesQuizBlogDonateAbout×MenuSearchADVERTISEMENT:Radiopaediaisfreethankstooursupportersandadvertisers.BecomeaGoldSupporterandseenoads.ArticlesCasesCoursesLogInLoginSignup{"url":"/signup-modal-props.json?lang=us\u0026email="}ArticlesCasesCoursesQuizAboutBlogGoad-freeSearchRadialheaddislocationDrHenryKnipe◉◈andAssocProfFrankGaillard◉◈etal.Radialheaddislocation occurswhentheradialheadisdisplacedfromitsnormalarticulationwiththeulnaandthehumerus.Thedislocationmaybeacquiredorcongenital(seetheseparatearticleoncongenitalradialheaddislocation). Additionally,radialheaddislocationshouldbedistinguishedfroma'pulledelbow'withrepresentsradialheadsubluxationandreducesspontaneouslyorwithrapidsupination. Onthispage:Article:EpidemiologyClinicalpresentationPathologyRadiographicfeaturesTreatmentandprognosisVideotutorialRelatedarticlesReferencesImages:CasesandfiguresImagingdifferentialdiagnosisEpidemiologyRadialheaddislocationisusuallyseenininfancyorchildhood1 whereitisusuallyanisolatedinjury.Veryrarelyitcanoccurasanisolatedinjuryinadults3.ClinicalpresentationChildrenwhopresentwithdislocationoftheradialheadusuallydemonstrateanunwillingnesstousethearm.Thehistoryisnotusuallyparticularlyhelpfulindistinguishingthisinjuryfromanyotheralthoughafallonanoutstretchedarmisnotuncommon.PathologyTheradiusandulnaareboundtoeachotheratbothendsattheaptly-namedproximalanddistalradioulnarjoints.Akintothemandibleandpelvis,itisdifficulttodisruptonesideofaringwithoutalsodisruptingtheother.Thus,itisimportanttoensurethatradialheaddislocationistrulyisolatedandnotassociatedwithanulnafracture(theMonteggiafracture-dislocation).Plasticdeformationofbonesiscommoninpediatricpatients.Therefore,ratherthanradialheaddislocationbeingassociatedwithantransverseulnafracture,theulnadevelopsabowingfractureinstead.Monteggiafracture-dislocationis