Occult posterior cruciate ligament avulsion fracture in a paediatric patient: easily missed diagnosis.

نویسندگان

  • Alexander P H Chan
  • K L Liu
  • Bobby K W Ng
چکیده

Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) avulsion fracture is uncommon in the paediatric population. Clinical examination in children can be difficult as they are often irritable and uncooperative. Moreover, subtle radiological signs on basic X-rays are also liable to be missed. Further imagings including computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are crucial to rule out this rare condition. We present a patient with an occult PCL avulsion fracture.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Hong Kong medical journal = Xianggang yi xue za zhi

دوره 18 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012