Bowing fracture of the fibula

A) This two-year-old girl fell four feet and had a normal examination except that she would not bear weight on her left leg. B) The radiograph shows a bowing deformity of the fibula.

Reproduced with permission from: Baskin M. Trauma: Extremeties. In: Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Baskin M (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2004. Copyright © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. www.lww.com.

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