A Rare Presentation of an Isolated Radius Shaft Fracture in a Two-Month-Old Child: Dilemmas and Management

In this report, we discuss the case of a two-month-old boy with an isolated radius shaft fracture in the right forearm. The history and nature of the injury may be inconclusive in such injuries. A radiograph confirmed that the child had a fracture. We treated the boy conservatively, and the fracture...

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Autores principales: SK, Thirumagal, Jerome, Terrence Jose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7785503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33425526
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11947
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description In this report, we discuss the case of a two-month-old boy with an isolated radius shaft fracture in the right forearm. The history and nature of the injury may be inconclusive in such injuries. A radiograph confirmed that the child had a fracture. We treated the boy conservatively, and the fracture united well in four weeks. Surgeons should be aware of this rare presentation in infants of this age. Inquiry into possible child abuse as well as clinical and metabolic workup is essential in these cases.
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spelling pubmed-77855032021-01-07 A Rare Presentation of an Isolated Radius Shaft Fracture in a Two-Month-Old Child: Dilemmas and Management SK, Thirumagal Jerome, Terrence Jose Cureus Family/General Practice In this report, we discuss the case of a two-month-old boy with an isolated radius shaft fracture in the right forearm. The history and nature of the injury may be inconclusive in such injuries. A radiograph confirmed that the child had a fracture. We treated the boy conservatively, and the fracture united well in four weeks. Surgeons should be aware of this rare presentation in infants of this age. Inquiry into possible child abuse as well as clinical and metabolic workup is essential in these cases. Cureus 2020-12-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7785503/ /pubmed/33425526 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11947 Text en Copyright © 2020, SK et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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