Monteggia fracture-dislocations remain a relatively uncommon injury. Prompt recognition of this injury is imperative. The character of the ulnar fracture is useful in determining optimal treatment. It is imperative to look for associated injuries of the radial head and coronoid, which alter the management and lead to altered outcomes.

The isolated dislocation of the radial head is frequently described in the lesion of MONTEGGIA. However it can be a rare isolated pattern of injury in children. Only 81 cases were reported in the literature to our knowledge. The case we report concerns a 13 years old boy, examined 8 days after injury. Because of failure of manual reduction, we performed a surgical management with excellent resu...