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Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England logoLink to Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
. 2001 Nov;83(6):425–426.

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

D A Patel 1
PMCID: PMC2503686  PMID: 11777140

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.

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