Hoffa's fracture with ipsilateral fibular fracture in a 16-year-old girl: An approach to a rare injury.
- Author:
Abhijeet SALUNKE
1
;
G I NAMBI
;
Saranjeet SINGH
;
Prem MENON
;
G N GIRISH
;
Danakrisna VACHALAM
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pramukswami Medical College, Sri Krishna Hospital, Karamsad 388325, Anand, Gujarat, India.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Female;
Femoral Fractures;
diagnostic imaging;
therapy;
Fibula;
injuries;
Humans;
Knee Joint;
diagnostic imaging
- From:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
2015;18(3):178-180
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Hoffa's fracture is an uncommon fracture of the femoral condyle with coronal orientation of the fracture line. The mechanism of injury in pediatric Hoffa's fracture is road traffic accident, sports injury, and trivial injury. Clinical examination and proper imaging is important for diagnosis of pediatric Hoffa's fracture because of high chances of missing these injuries which can lead to nonunion and malunion at the fracture site. Open reduction and anatomical reduction of intraarticular fragment is the gold standard treatment of these fractures. We present a rare case of Hoffa's fracture in a 16-year-old girl with asso ciated ipsilateral fibular fracture.
