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Premature closure of upper humeral physis after fracture through simple bone cyst
1Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, England.
Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. Part B
|March 3, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of spontaneous asymmetric premature closure of the upper humeral physis after fracture through a juxtaphyseal simple bone cyst in a 10-year-old boy. Five years later, there was 7.5 cm of humeral shortening and varus deformity of the humeral head.