title: The limping child: an unusual finding of fracture to the fibula.
abstract: The limping child is a common presentation to emergency and other unscheduled care facilities with many potential diagnoses that are often age specific. This article describes how emergency department nurses should manage and treat 'toddler's fracture', and provides an unusual case study of the presentation.
authors.affiliation: Cromer Minor Injuries Unit, Emergency Department, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Emerson
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005360:Fibula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016474:Weight-Bearing