title: Fractures of the acromion in young children and a description of a variant in acromial ossification which may mimic a fracture.
abstract: We report on six children, from 2 to 19 months old, with a defect across the root of the acromion (basiacromion) diagnosed as a fracture in four and as an anatomical variant (separate ossification center for the lateral half of the basiacromion) in the other two.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Currarino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prescott
mesh_terms: D000174:Acromion / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography