Multiple fractures in early infancy: report of two unusual cases.
Two cases of multiple fractures, one in a newborn with an unclassified bone dysplasia, another in an infant with recurrent fits of unknown etiology are reported. The second case is the youngest in the literature with bilateral slipped capital femoral epiphyses and bilateral femoral neck fractures, secondary to stress injury.
D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004839:Epiphyses, Slipped / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy