Presentation
Dropped kettle on foot. Pain around the lateral malleolus.
Patient Data
Age: 9 years old
Gender: Female
From the case:
Greenstick metatarsal fracture
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The frontal and oblique foot radiographs demonstrate a linear lucency projected across the mid-portion of the 3rd metatarsal with preservation of the lateral cortex. This is a greenstick fracture.
Case Discussion
Features here are of a greenstick fracture of the 3rd metatarsal with preservation of the lateral cortex. Note the rather dense and early ossification of the calcaneal apophysis which may be extremely variable in its pattern of ossification.