Preoperative diagnosis of bicipitoradial bursitis: a case report.

Pan Afr Med J

Medical Imaging Department King Abdul Aziz Medical City for National Guard, Riyadh 11426, Saudia Arabia.

Published: April 2015

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  • Inflammation of the bicipitoradial bursa is a rare condition, with limited documentation in existing literature.
  • Several possible causes for cubital bursitis have been identified, but the connection to malignant lesions has been noted only briefly in previous reports.
  • The primary goal of this report is to raise awareness and understanding of this specific pathological condition.

Article Abstract

Inflammation of the bicipitoradial bursa is a rare condition and only few reports can be found in literature. Several causes for a cubital bursitis have been suggested in the past. The need to include a malignant lesion in the differential diagnosis has only been mentioned in one of these reports. May main objective in reporting this case is to make this pathological entity better known.

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