Possible causes of Elbow ache or pain
31 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Arthritis (joint swelling) Common Pediatric
- Bursitis (joint bursa inflammation) Common
- Cellulitis (skin infection) Common Pediatric
- Contusion (bruise) Common Pediatric
- Fracture (broken bone) Common Pediatric
- Gout (uric acid crystals in the joint causing inflammation) Common
- Lateral epicondylitis of elbow (tennis elbow) Common
- Medial epicondylitis of elbow (golfer's elbow) Common
- Muscle strain (pulled muscle) Common Pediatric
- Osteoarthritis Common
- Radial head fracture (elbow fracture) Common Pediatric
- Bone cancer (bone tumor) Urgent
- Dislocation (joint out of place) Pediatric
- Sarcoma (soft tissue cancer)
- Septic arthritis (joint infection) Urgent
- Supracondylar fracture (elbow fracture) Pediatric
- Aseptic joint effusion (fluid in joint)
- Carpal tunnel syndrome (wrist nerve compression)
- Cervical radiculopathy (pinched nerve in neck)
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis (tendon inflammation)
- Extremity trauma (leg or arm injury)
- Fibromyalgia
- Humerus (upper arm) fracture
- Ligament sprain
- Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus)
- Peripheral neuropathy (nerve dysfunction)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Rotator cuff syndrome (shoulder injury)
- Synovitis (toxic or transient)
- Tenosynovitis (tendon sheath inflammation)