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Salter-Harris type II fracture

Case contributed by Ammar Haouimi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 10 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Basal metaphyseal fracture of the proximal phalanx of the 3rd digit, reaching the physeal line in keeping with a Salter-Harris type II frature.

Case Discussion

Salter-Harris type II fractures are the most common type (approximately 75%) of physeal fractures that occur in children. There is a fracture that extends through the physis and into a portion of the metaphysis.

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