Preschooler with forearm pain after a fall

Musculoskeletal
Radiograph of greenstick fracture of the radius and bowing fracture of the ulna
AP (left) and lateral (right) radiographs of the forearm show an incomplete non-displaced fracture through one cortical surface with angulation in the mid-diaphysis of the radius. The AP radiograph also shows the ulna to be bowed in appearance.

The diagnosis was greenstick fracture of the radius and a bowing fracture of the ulna.

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