Fractures in Early Childhood
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics
- Vol. 11 (2) , 184-186
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01241398-199103000-00008
Abstract
We studied the radiographs of 194 fractures sustained by 39 children <5 years of age with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and compared them with radiographs of 84 fractures sustained by 69 normal children of the same age. A great variety of fracture patterns was observed in undoubted OI. Spiral and transverse fractures were the most common. Metaphyseal fractures accounted for 15% of the fractures. The results of this study do not support the view that a particular fracture pattern renders the diagnosis of OI unlikely.Keywords
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