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Podcast: The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care
Episode: Urgent Bite 228 - Thinking about the Sail Sign
Description: We always look for the sail sign when reviewing radiographs of the elbow, but how often are they associated with occult fractures?
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Skaggs DL, Mirzayan R. The posterior fat pad sign in association with occult fracture of the elbow in children. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1999 Oct;81(10):1429-33. doi: 10.2106/00004623-199910000-00007. PMID: 10535592.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10535592/
Al-Aubaidi Z, Torfing T. The role of fat pad sign in diagnosing occult elbow fractures in the pediatric patient: a prospective magnetic resonance imaging study. J P...