This is an exert from a report from Dr R B Lavelle and Dr V P Studdert on the 2nd International Elbow Working Group Meeting held in San Francisco in March 1990 Coronoid process lesions may vary from a fissure or crack in the medial coronoid process to the development of a separate fragment. This is the most common cause and can usually be diagnosed on x-rays. Loose fragments can break up and enter the joint. This is the most common cause and can usually be diagnosed on x-rays.
Loose fragments can break up and enter the joint.