An Unusual Cause of Posterior Elbow Impingement: Detachment of a Hypertrophied Posterior Fat Pad

Figure 3

Schematics of the posterior fat pad. (a) Posterior fat pad at the olecranon fossa in the normal elbow. (b) The hypertrophied posterior fat pad in the present case was interposed between the olecranon and olecranon fossa. (c) The posterior fat pad, hanging low at the triceps, was evident in the left elbow in the present case.

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