School ager who fell from the monkey bars and has wrist pain

Musculoskeletal
Radiograph of Colles fracture
AP radiograph of the wrist (left) shows an extra-articular fracture of the distal radial metaphyseal region while the lateral (right) shows dorsal angulation and impaction of the distal fracture fragment without the involvement of the articular surface.

The diagnosis was Colles fracture.

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