Category: Visual Diagnosis
Posted: 12/2/2012 by Haney Mallemat, MD
(Updated: 12/3/2012)
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11 year-old boy presents with right knee pain and swelling after falling off of his bicycle. What's the diagnosis?
Answer: Fracture of the intercondylar eminence of the tibia; Meyers & McKeever Grade II (grading system described below)
Intercondylar Eminence Fracture
Reference: Tudisco, C., et al Intercondylar eminence avulsion fracture in children: long-term follow-up of 14 cases at the end of skeletal growth, J Pediatr Orthop B 19:403–408 c 2010
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