[Occult fractures in infants and children]

Examples of occult skeletal lesions such as greenstick and depressed fractures, bends in bones and lesions of the non-ossified epiphyses in babies and young children are given and the possibilities of diagnosis are demonstrated. If there are corresponding clinical symptoms a special admission for follow up examination should follow after 10-14 days in order to observe around a discrete lesion. The value of bone imaging in early lesions is emphasized.