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FRACTURE AILE PAPILLON [1 record]

Record 1 1992-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

An elongated triangular fragment of cortical bone generally detached from two other larger fragments of a long bone, occurring on the concave side of an angulation injury. This implies high velocity of trauma from a direction opposite the fragment. [From RSKEL, 1982, p. 35 and KILRO, 1986, p. 9.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Variété de fractures où il existe deux traits convergents détachant un troisième fragment osseux triangulaire.

Spanish

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