Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of Femur

Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of Femur

Posttraumatic cortical defect of bone is a rare entity which occurs in a maturing skeleton following green stick or torus fracture. Most of the cases are asymptomatic and they are detected incidentally on radiograph. These lesions usually require no treatment. However, the appearance of these lesion...

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Main Authors: Jeyaseelan Nadarajah, Deep N. Srivastava, Rajesh Malhotra, Aravindh Palaniswamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/815460
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spelling doaj-bc956766809742c5904e0e90133093352020-11-24T22:23:38ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572013-01-01201310.1155/2013/815460815460Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of FemurJeyaseelan Nadarajah0Deep N. Srivastava1Rajesh Malhotra2Aravindh Palaniswamy3Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, IndiaDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, IndiaDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Science, New Delhi 110029, IndiaPosttraumatic cortical defect of bone is a rare entity which occurs in a maturing skeleton following green stick or torus fracture. Most of the cases are asymptomatic and they are detected incidentally on radiograph. These lesions usually require no treatment. However, the appearance of these lesions can mimic various pathological conditions affecting bone. Knowledge about this entity is important as it avoids unnecessary investigations. We present this case as the occurrence of this entity in femur is very rare and the child was symptomatic.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/815460
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author Jeyaseelan Nadarajah
Deep N. Srivastava
Rajesh Malhotra
Aravindh Palaniswamy
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Deep N. Srivastava
Rajesh Malhotra
Aravindh Palaniswamy
Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of Femur
Case Reports in Orthopedics
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Deep N. Srivastava
Rajesh Malhotra
Aravindh Palaniswamy
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title Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of Femur
title_short Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of Femur
title_full Posttraumatic Cortical Defect of Femur
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title_sort posttraumatic cortical defect of femur
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publishDate 2013-01-01
description Posttraumatic cortical defect of bone is a rare entity which occurs in a maturing skeleton following green stick or torus fracture. Most of the cases are asymptomatic and they are detected incidentally on radiograph. These lesions usually require no treatment. However, the appearance of these lesions can mimic various pathological conditions affecting bone. Knowledge about this entity is important as it avoids unnecessary investigations. We present this case as the occurrence of this entity in femur is very rare and the child was symptomatic.
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