School ager with pain at the base of the fifth metatarsal after injuring their foot

Musculoskeletal
Radiograph of fracture of the apophysis of the fifth metatarsal
AP (left) and oblique (right) radiographs of the foot show fragmentation of the apophysis of the fifth metatarsal and displacement of it away from the fifth metatarsal.

The diagnosis was fracture of the apophysis of the fifth metatarsal.

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