Infant humeral fracture

(A) Fracture, shaft of the humerus in newborn.
(B) Four weeks later, large mass of callus, varus angulation of 45 degrees.
(C) At age 14 months, fracture remodeled to normal alignment.

Reprinted with permission from: Beaty JH. Fractures of the proximal humerus and shaft in children, in Eilert RE (ed): Instructional Course Lectures 41. Rosemont, IL, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1992, pp 369-372.

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