Radiographically occult fracture of the tibial epiphysis: Sonographic findings with CT correlation

✍ Scribed by Tim Pearce; M. Cobby

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 446 KB
• Volume: 39
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20814

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We report the case of a radiographically occult tibial fracture diagnosed sonographically and confirmed with CT. Ultrasound signs of cortical discontinuity and a three‐layered fluid accumulation in the deep infrapatellar bursa were demonstrated. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011