The supratrochlear lymph nodes: their diagnostic significance in a swollen elbow joint

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2001 Nov;83(6):425-6.

Abstract

In the differential diagnosis of a swollen elbow, the palpation of the supratrochlear glands is useful. They are not enlarged in a traumatic elbow joint. They are enlarged, discrete and shotty in rheumatoid arthritis. In tuberculosis, they are enlarged, matted and they may caseate and form a cold abscess on the medial aspect of the supratrochlear region of the arm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Infectious / complications
  • Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Elbow Injuries*
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / complications*
  • Joint Diseases / diagnosis
  • Lymphadenitis / diagnosis
  • Lymphadenitis / etiology*
  • Male
  • Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / diagnosis