Fibular transplant for osteoclastoma of the radius.

All African policeman aged twenty-two years came to hospital with the history that he had suffered a blow on his left forearm two months previously. There was a diffuse smooth swelling of mixed consistency over the distal quarter of his radius; the skin over it was red but not adherent, and movement of the wrist joint was partly impaired in all directions. Radiological examination showed a typical osteoclastoma of the lower end of the radius (Fig. 1) and this was confirmed by a microscopical examination after operation.