Patella Cubiti

Spontaneous rupture of the triceps in the presence of a patella cubiti.

Spontaneous rupture of the triceps tendon is a rare injury, 24 cases having been previously reported in the Literature. Patella cubiti is the rare anomaly of a sesamoid bone in the triceps tendon. We report a combination of the two conditions.

Ununited Anconeal Process, Ununited Medial Coronoid Process, Ununited Medial Epicondyle, Patella Cubiti, and Sesamoidal Fragments of the Elbow

Osteoarthritis of the elbow has been recognized byveterinarians for many years to be a developmental diseasesyndrome in young dogs. It was not until the middle 1950s,however, that progress was made toward defining specificpathologic etiologies, with the elucidation of the problem of"ununited anconeal process." Originally thought to beanalogous to patella cubiti in humans,(13)the true nature of ...

[Two cases of hypertrichosis cubiti].

Hypertrichosis cubiti, also known as hairy elbows syndrome, is an uncommon form of localized congenital hypertrichosis in which an excessive amount of long, fine, lanugo-type hair is found on skin of normal texture and morphology. The hair growth follows a bilateral symmetrical distribution and affects the extensor surface of the distal third of the upper arms and the proximal region of the for...

Familial hypertrichosis cubiti: hairy elbows syndrome.

Genetically determined hypertrichosis is uncommon, but several forms of familial hairiness have been described. In some kindreds the unusual hairiness has been generalized, while in others, the hypertrichosis has been confined to a specific site on the body. The purpose of this paper is to report the occurrence of undue hairiness of the elbow regions in members of an Amish family, and to discus...

Bipartite Patella