To cite: Crosswell S, Mbah CA, Hussain A, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-202420 DESCRIPTION A 6-year-old boy, who fell while playing at school, presented to the fracture clinic with a suspected right distal radius fracture. On examination, the child was tender over the dorsal aspect of the distal radius and also had pain and stiffness...

The authors described a lumbar spine fracture that is characterized on anteroposterior x-ray views by separation of the pedicular shadows. It is almost invariably associated with posterior interlaminar herniation of the cauda equina through a dorsal dural split, and anterolateral entrapment or amputation of the nerve root. The fracture is unstable and requires internal fixation and fusion at th...

Because of its subcutaneous location, the sternum can be examined sonographically using a linear scanner. We report about two children who experienced blunt chest trauma. Anterior-posterior chest X-rays were normal. Ultrasonic imaging confirmed a fracture of the sternum with dorsal displacement of the distal fragment (by 0.97 cm) in the first child and a transverse fracture of the body of the s...

Navicular stress fractures mainly occur in sprinting and push-off athletes. Numerous predisposing factors have been implicated in their development. Within a six-week interval in the summer of 2009, twin brothers, both elite track and field athletes, presented to us with medial foot pain. Plain radiographs were negative but a radioisotope bone scan and CT scan revealed an incomplete navicular f...

E10 J can chir, Vol. 52, N 1, février 2009 © 2009 Association médicale canadienne I ntra-articular fractures of the metacarpal head are rare, often requiring surgical fixation to maintain articular congruence. McElfresh and Dobyns presented a 10-group classification of 103 such fractures based on anatomic involvement and fracture pattern (Table 1). They identified only 4 with a horizontal fract...

Volar fixed-angle plates (VFAP) are currently widely used for the treatment of extra-articular distal radius fractures. Using these plates has a high risk of articular and dorsal screw protrusion due to their special configuration. The aim of this study is to assess the validity of the standard X-rays, performed with the help of wedged supports, in order to detect articular and dorsal screw pro...

Two species of dwarfgoby are described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Eviota flebilis n. sp. belongs to cephalic sensory-pore system pattern 2 (lacking only IT pore), has a dorsal/anal fin-ray formula of 8/7, unbranched pectoral-fin rays, the 5th pelvic-fin ray 12.9% of the 4th, a distinctive narrow, red-orange line under the eye, and a dark vertical line at the caudal-fin base. Eviota specca ...

The low cycle fatigue response of a single crystal γ′-containing CoNi-base superalloy has been investigated in air and vacuum at 950 °C. performance is demonstrated to be similar the 1st-generation Ni-base AM1. Fracture surface imaging cross-sections on both alloys reveal that oxidation-assisted cracking responsible for crack initiation air. improves under as transitions internal casting pores ...

Knodus dorsomaculatus, a new species, is described from Teles Pires River, a tributary of the Tapajós River, Brazil. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a conspicuous dark blotch on the base of the first five branched dorsal fin rays and the presence of ii,9 dorsal fin rays. Additional comparisons between K. dorsomaculatus and its congeners are presented.

A 16 year old, right hand dominant worker sustained a severe injury after his shirt had been caught by a kind of a roller. On evaluation, he had complaints of numbness and paresthesias in the hand with diffuse tenderness, swelling and deformities of the wrist, forearm and the arm. Circulation seemed to be impaired, but radial and ulnar pulses could be palpated, although with difficulty because ...