Infrequent physeal wrist injury of the ulna and radius: a case report.
We describe the case of a 13-year-old patient with a left wrist physeal fracture of the ulna and radius. X-Ray showed a Salter-Harris type II injury of the radius, and CT and MRI identified the following: type II epiphysiolysis of the radius with a metaphyseal wedge and type IV fracture of the ulna, with interposition in the focus of the fracture of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon, as well as a tear in the central area of the triangular fibrocartilage complex. All these injuries were checked intraoperatively during open reduction. We believe that this clinical case illustrates the importance of carefully assessing physeal wrist injuries when they occur, especially in those cases involving the ulna and the radius. Diagnostic methods such as CT and MRI scans are indispensable for through evaluation and treatment of the injury.
Carbonell
Pedro Gutiérrez
PG
Unit of Pediatric Traumatology and Orthopedics Pediatric Surgery, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante (Alicante University Hospital), Alicante, Spain, gutierrez_ped@gva.es.
Rey
Eloisa Felíu
EF
Vicente-Franqueira
Javier Roca
JR
Trigueros
Antonio Perez
AP