Fracture of the capitulum humeri in children: a rare injury, often misdiagnosed.
Fracture of the capitulum humeri is very uncommon in children. Two typical cases in adolescent girls illustrate the importance of distinguishing capitulum from lateral humeral condyle fractures, and of the feasibility of treatment of the former by excisional surgery.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009068:Movement; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications