title: Bilateral proximal radial and scaphoid fractures in a child.
abstract: A 13-year-old boy fell and suffered concomitant bilateral fractures of the proximal radius and scaphoid. Ipsilateral fractures of the proximal radius and scaphoid have been reported only once previously in a child, and never bilaterally. This article reviews paediatric proximal radial fractures and scaphoid fractures and their associated injuries. This report underlines the importance of examining for other injuries when a child presents with an apparently isolated upper extremity fracture.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kuschner
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000293:Adolescent; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy