Salter Harris type II wrist fracture

Case contributed by David Cuete
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Patient suffers fall from a skateboard

Patient Data

Age: 10
Gender: Male

Posteriorly displaced fracture passing across the growth plate and through the metaphysis of distal radius (best seen on lateral radiograph) consistent with Salter-Harris type II fracture.

Case Discussion

This case shows a Salter-Harris type II fracture.

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