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Patella Cubiti : About a Case and Review of the Literature by Drs. Bensaka Mohammed in Journal of Clinical Case Reports, Medical Images and Health Sciences Abstract: Patella cubiti is a very rare anomaly which is characterized by the non-union of the olecranon to the proximal ulna. We report a 27-year-old patient admitted for elbow trauma whose diagnosis revealed patella cubiti, confusing it with an olecranon fracture. The patient underwent resection of the bone fragment. At 3 months after the operation, the patient felt satisfied because the foreign body he felt at the elbow had disappeared. Key Words: Elbow, olecranon, congenital anomaly. Introduction: The congenital nonunion of the olecranon, which Habbe called “patella cubiti,” is a very rare anatomical variation [1]. In a typical case, the entire olecranon or part of it is separated from the proximal ulna, the bony edges are regular and smooth with a cortical outline on each side. Generally it is asymptomatic and its diagnosis i...