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Triplanar fracture

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma

Patient Data

Age: 15 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

Irregular distal tibial physis seen indicative of fracture. 

ct

Vertical fracture of the epiphysis, horizontal fracture through the physis and oblique fracture through the metaphysis.

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