Fallen fragment sign

Fallen fragment sign

A 16-year-old boy presented at the emergency room after he fell on his left shoulder while playing American football. Plain radiographs showed a pathological fracture through a well- defined expansile radiolucent lesion within the proximal meta-diaphysis of the left humerus (Fig. A). The lesion caus...

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Main Authors: J Van Doninck, F M Vanhoenacker, C Petré, D Willemen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2010-02-01
Series:Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Online Access:https://www.jbsr.be/articles/161
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spelling doaj-3312bf6f46764dd1ae66c36f41751ff52020-11-24T23:45:02ZengUbiquity PressJournal of the Belgian Society of Radiology2514-82812010-02-0193210.5334/jbr-btr.161161Fallen fragment signJ Van Doninck0F M Vanhoenacker1C Petré2D Willemen3Departments of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery, AZ Sint-Maarten, Duffel-Mechelen, Duffel, BelgiumDepartments of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery, AZ Sint-Maarten, Duffel-Mechelen, Duffel, Belgium Department of Radiology, University Hospital Antwerp, UZA, University of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.Departments of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery, AZ Sint-Maarten, Duffel-Mechelen, Duffel, BelgiumDepartments of Radiology and Orthopedic Surgery, AZ Sint-Maarten, Duffel-Mechelen, Duffel, BelgiumA 16-year-old boy presented at the emergency room after he fell on his left shoulder while playing American football. Plain radiographs showed a pathological fracture through a well- defined expansile radiolucent lesion within the proximal meta-diaphysis of the left humerus (Fig. A). The lesion caused cortical thinning and contained multiple linear cortical fragments within the central part of the lesion (arrows in Fig. A). Based on the age, location and the plain radiographic characteristics (“fallen fragment sign”), the diagnosis of a solitary bone cyst (SBC) was suggested.https://www.jbsr.be/articles/161
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F M Vanhoenacker
C Petré
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Fallen fragment sign
Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
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publishDate 2010-02-01
description A 16-year-old boy presented at the emergency room after he fell on his left shoulder while playing American football. Plain radiographs showed a pathological fracture through a well- defined expansile radiolucent lesion within the proximal meta-diaphysis of the left humerus (Fig. A). The lesion caused cortical thinning and contained multiple linear cortical fragments within the central part of the lesion (arrows in Fig. A). Based on the age, location and the plain radiographic characteristics (“fallen fragment sign”), the diagnosis of a solitary bone cyst (SBC) was suggested.
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