[Diagnostic image; an infant with suspicious fractures].
A 10-months-old boy with a haematoma of the left upper leg was diagnosed with bucket-handle fractures of the left lower extremity. These fractures may easily be overlooked and carry a high predictive value for abuse in infants.
Pranger
H P Marcel
HP
Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, afd. Traumatologie, Groningen, The Netherlands. h.p.m.pranger@chir.umcg.nl
ten Duis
Henk-Jan
HJ
D002649:Child Abuse; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male