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Skeletal trauma in children: what is different? (Injury to wrist in a ten-year-old boy)

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  1. Hernandez JA, Swischuk LE, Bathurst GJ et al (2003) Scaphoid (navicular) fractures of the wrist in children: attention to the plastic bending fracture. Emerg Radiol 9:305–308

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  1. Department of Radiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA

    Leonard E. Swischuk

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    Bones in children are softer than in adults making them more prone to incomplete and impacted fractures.

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    The scaphoid bone can also be involved.

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    Adjacent soft tissue swelling is a helpful finding suggesting adjacent fracture of the scaphoid.

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    Comparison views of the unaffected side will often be helpful in diagnosing subtle fractures.

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Swischuk, L.E. Skeletal trauma in children: what is different? (Injury to wrist in a ten-year-old boy). Emerg Radiol 15, 343–344 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-008-0711-8

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