Open fracture. This 8-year-old boy fell on his hand and was referred to the emergency department with a deformed forearm (Panel A) due to a distal radial/ulnar fracture. After removal from his splint a small ecchymosis and laceration were noted over the ventral aspect of his forearm (Panel B).
Reproduced with permission from: Baskin M. Trauma: Extremeties. In: Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Fleisher GR, Ludwig S, Baskin M (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2004. Copyright © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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