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. 2018 Aug 15;2(4):367-368.
doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2018.7.38817. eCollection 2018 Nov.

A Rare Knee Fracture with Underestimated Severity

Shinsuke Takeda  1   2 , Katsuyuki Iwatsuki  2 , Akihiko Tabuchi  1 , Sadahiro Kubo  1 , Satoshi Teranishi  1 , Hitoshi Hirata  2
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A Rare Knee Fracture with Underestimated Severity

Shinsuke Takeda et al. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. .
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Conflicts of Interest: By the CPC-EM article submission agreement, all authors are required to disclose all affiliations, funding sources and financial or management relationships that could be perceived as potential sources of bias. The authors disclosed none.

Figures

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Image 1
Anteroposterior a) and lateral b) radiograph show the injured knee with a minimal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle (arrow).
Image 2
Image 2
Coronal (A) and sagittal (B) views on computed tomography show injury to the distal femoral epiphyseal growth plate (Salter-Harris type 4 and tenderness at the point near the epiphyseal closing) (arrow).
Image 3
Image 3
Three-dimensional computed tomography showed that the injured knee had a displaced coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle (arrows) and avulsion of the attachment of medial collateral ligament (arrowhead).
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