Elbow Pain Differential Diagnoses

Lateral Elbow Pain

• Lateral Elbow Tendinopathy
• Referred pain (Cervical spine, Upper thoracic spine, Neuro-myofascial )
• Synovitis of the radiohumeral joint
• Radiohumeral bursitis
• Posterior interosseous nerve entrapment (radial tunnel syndrome)
• Osteochondritis dissecans (Capitellum, Radius in adolescents )

Medial Elbow Pain

• Medial Elbow Tendinopathy
• Medial collateral ligament sprain (acute and chronic)
• Ulnar neuritis
• Avulsion fracture of the medial epicondyle (children and adolescents)
• Apophysitis (children and adolescents)
• Referred pain

Posterior Elbow Pain

• Olecranon bursitis
• Triceps Tendinopathy
• Posterior impingement
• Gout