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Friday, August 29, 2008
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Slipping of a
bone's growth plate (Slipped radial head epiphysis): A 9-year-old
girl complained of left wrist pain and deformity after having
fallen on her outstretched hand. Her neurologic function and pulses
of the hand were normal. An x-ray of
the forearm and wrist demonstrates a 50% displacement of the growth
plate with 45 degrees of angulation. (L.S.)
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