Presentation
Right wrist swelling and pain following a fall from a trampoline.
Patient Data
Age: 7 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Distal radial fracture - paediatric
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There is an acute fracture of the distal radial diaphysis/metadiaphysis. There is an additional acute buckle fracture of the distal ulna. There are ossific densities projecting over the distal ulnar growth plate which may represent irregular ossification.
Joint spaces are maintained.
No suspicious osseous lytic or blastic lesions.
Mild soft tissue oedema about the wrist.
Case Discussion
This represents a case of a distal radial fracture in a paediatric patient.
The treatment plan included a short-arm cast to the right upper extremity and orthopaedic follow-up after 4-weeks.