title: Acute plastic bowing fractures of the fibula.
abstract: Two cases of acute plastic bowing fractures of the fibula are described. A brief description of the mechanism of bone deformation under stress and the pathological cortical microfractures involved in bowing fractures is given.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004548:Elasticity; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography