Your patient has point tenderness at the common flexor origin at the elbow.Given this symptom,which diagnosis is likely?

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Point tenderness at the common flexor origin at the elbow is a characteristic symptom of medial epicondylitis, also known as golfer's elbow. This condition involves inflammation of the tendons that attach to the medial epicondyle of the humerus, causing pain and tenderness in the forearm and elbow. Lateral epicondylitis, or tennis elbow, is characterized by point tenderness at the common extensor origin at the elbow, and involves inflammation of the tendons that attach to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. Tendonitis of biceps tendon would involve pain and tenderness in the bicep region, and Volkmann's ischemic contracture is a rare complication of compartment syndrome that involves muscle damage and contracture.

Your Patient Has Point Tenderness at the Common Flexor Origin