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I hit my lateral elbow on the door frame hard. sx: pain on olecranon and just anterior to it, pain w/ flexion & extension, pain w/grasping. fractured?
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Possible : Probably should go to an urgent care to get an X-ray.
Answered 7/3/2014
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