PALMER MRI of the Elbow Ulnar Collateral Ligament · 2013-12-09 · Throwing athlete • baseball...
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ELBOW MR
throwing athlete
emphasis on the UCL
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Throwing athlete
• baseball pitchers
• elbow complaints: > 90% medial
• valgus stress: medial distraction
• ulnar collateral ligament
• flexor-pronator mass
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Ulnar collateral ligament
• anterior bundle– 1° valgus stabilizer
• posterior bundle– floor of cubital tunnel
• transverse ligament
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Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918
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Flexor-pronator mass
• pronator teres
• flexor carpi radialis
• palmaris longus
• flexor carpi ulnaris
• flexor digitorum superficialis
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UCL & FPM
• functional relationship– during pitch, UCL load >> failure strength– FPM muscles protect UCL
· dynamic stabilization of medial elbow· FCU primary, FDS secondary· pronator teres least contributory
• anatomical relationship: FDSPark MC, Ahmad CS. JBJS(Am) 2004;86:2268-2274
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Pronator teres
• major head originates from:– humerus, just prox to med epicondyle– common flexor tendon, intermusc fascia
• minor head originates from:– medial aspect of coronoid process
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FDS: 3 heads
• radius (obl line)
• coronoid process– prox to pronator teres
• med epicondyle– UCL, intermusc fascia
Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918
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FDS: 2 heads
• radial head (oblique line)
• humeroulnar head– superficial (muscular) fibers
· medial epicondyle (common flexor tendon)
– deep (tendinous) fibers· surface of UCL anterior bundle· coronoid process, medial aspect
Munshi, Resnick et al. Radiology 2004; 231:797-803
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• AP, extended
• F= flex dig superficialis
• mF= superficial muscle
• tF= deep FDS tendon
• aU= anterior bundle
• pU= posterior bundle
• me= med epicondyle
• c= coronoid process
Munshi, Resnick et al. Radiology 2004; 231:797-803
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• medial, flexed
• F= flex dig superficialis
• mF= superficial muscle
• tF= deep FDS tendon
• aU= anterior bundle
• pU= posterior bundle
• me= med epicondyle
• c= coronoid process
Munshi, Resnick et al. Radiology 2004; 231:797-803
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Anterior bundle: dissection• single layer of parallel bundles
– pseudolaminar appearance– overlying FDS tendinous fibers
• arises: medial epicondyle– inferior surface (base), anterior margin– interdigitating fat near attachment site
• inserts: medial ulna (sublime tubercle)– up to 3-4mm distal to articular margin
Munshi, Resnick et al. Radiology 2004; 231:797-803
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Anterior bundle & FDS
• dissection– FDS intimate w/ UCL: deep tendinous fibers can
merge w/ anterior bundle
• MR imaging– deep tendinous fibers of FDS difficult or impossible
to visually separate from UCL and coronoidattachment sites
– prox UCL tear may reflect FDS incompetence, suggest poor prognosis, performance
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Elbow: overuse injury
• repetitive, cumulative stress
• soft tissue, osseous changes– calcification, bony proliferation
• degenerative arthropathy– osteophyte, intra-artic loose bodies
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The American Journal of Sports Medicine 33:231-239 (2005)
medial distraction
lateral impaction
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Elbow: overuse injury
• UCL: chronic v. acute Δ– thickening (6.3 v. 5mm, 30° flexion) – stretching, partial tearing– degeneration, heterotopic ossification
• valgus laxity, microinstability– degenerative joint disease
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Medial ossific fragment
• post-traumatic phenomenon
• old fracture fragment
• heterotopic ossification– old acute ST trauma– chronic, recurrent injury
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Medial elbow pain
• ulnar collateral ligament– UCL tear (distal, proximal, mid-substance)
• flexor-pronator mass– tendon tear, MT strain– flexor digitorum superficialis– pronator teres