Introduction: Hoffa fractures are uncommon fractures in adults and less common in children. They are defined as fractures of the femoral condyles that occur in the coronal planes. To this day, Hoffa fractures in children comprise only of case reports.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAneurysmal bone cysts are defined as benign lesions. They expose the patients to a higher risk of pathological fractures. The typical clinical and radiological aspects of the tumor usually do not require a pathological confirmation before a definite treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor in childhood distinguished by its clinical aspects, epidemiological features, and radiological and histological findings. Around 10% of patients present with distant metastasis at the most frequent sites, which are lungs and bone. Furthermore, death rates for osteosarcoma have been declining by about 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Sternoclavicular dislocation (SCD) occurs very rarely in children. There is different clinical manifestations that reflect the direction of displacement; diagnosis is difficult, especially if the dislocation was initially unnoticed. We will report this case while conducting a review of the literature to evaluate and adapt our management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFElbow dislocation in children is uncommon condition in children, it's occurred in 3 to 6% of all elbow injuries. Only case reports and small series reported in the literature. The aim of our study is to evaluate the outcomes of open reduction of neglected elbow dislocation (NED) in children.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The development of hydatid cysts in the muscle is rare, and it is even rarer in children. We report the case of a 9-year-old child treated in pediatric orthopedics department at the University Hospital of Marrakech for a hydatid cyst psoas muscle revealed by lameness.
Result: The child was consulted for painless and afebrile lameness of the left hip evolving since 3 months.